I don't know. In general I certainly agree that the place could be more helpful and personally I try to give advice to newbies such that they're not left knowing a bit more but just as baffled as before. It can be hard to do as one has to try keeping in mind all the little bits of info a more seasoned Perl programmer takes for granted, which a newbie has yet to figure out.

On the other hand I don't think things are as dire as you make them out to be, even if they could be better. I have noticed that there has been a trend to be somewhat cut and dry with replies, but in my observations there almost always also is a healthy number of sufficiently helpful replies.

With regard to the "use This::Module" replies, sometimes I personally have little experience with what another monk is asking for advice about, but have heard of Some::Module which is related or addresses his problem. Should I not give him that bit of info? It's as much as I have, myself. I figure it's better than telling him nothing at all.

Makeshifts last the longest.

In reply to Re: Reactionary Posting by Aristotle
in thread Reactionary Posting by Anonymous Monk

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