"If the only tool(forum) you know is a hammer(PerlMonks), every problem(question) looks like a nail(SoPW post)"

...OR...

"fora and fauna"

disclaimers:

with that said, I'll get right to the point*:

  1. our beloved perlmonks.org isn't the only good online Perl resource around
  2. some questions might be optimally asked elsewhere
  3. some discussions might be optimally held elsewhere

google for perl forums(fora?):

you can read/search/post-to these newsgroups all from the comfort of your browser:

perl mailing lists are plentiful plus archived at CPAN:

jasmine Jazz runs a solid-looking ubb gossamer threads perl forum:

not to mention the-not-necessarily-forummy info/resources at:

Hrm... how did I forget this'un?

wrap up with a question:

  1. What other Perl fora do you frequent?
  2. What's your criteria for ask/tell/announce somewhere outside these fair walls?

    cheers,
    Don
    striving toward Perl Adept
    (it's pronounced "why-bick")
 
 

* yeah, I know what you're thinking, "Who are you and what have you done with ybiC?!" {grin}

thanks to Elian and Kanji for appreciated corrections

In reply to If the only forum you know is PM, every question look like a SoPW by ybiC

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