One of the problem with Perl community, not just about this forum, is that most of the Perl users are rookies, and some are not even professional. I am not saying that there is no seasoned coders like Perl, there are, but not many.

Perception is very important. If I am professional and new to Perl, I came to a forum like this, and saw most of the questions are more textbook alike, what should my impression be?

Now with those seasoned Perl programmers, to be honest with you, lots of them have style problems. They don't use the language in a modern way.

In reply to Re: Script kiddies and the like: beneficial or disadvantageous? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Script kiddies and the like: beneficial or disadvantageous? by blazar

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