So, I clicked on seventh's user id and browsed the questions he's submitted to Perlmonks over the past year. It appears to me that he is only a casual user of Perl and a rare poster to Perlmonks; moreover, his few and far between questions range across the gamut of perl, from documentation issues to the use of common modules, and don't appear to be related to a semester's work of homework assignments -- nor do they seem even remotely tied to, for example, a Perl programmer's daily job functions.

It does seem blindingly clear that Perl is not his primary (or even secondary) job responsibility, and so he does not have the time to browse and pick content off the web. Nor does he ask enough questions in a twelve-month time period to be anything like a bottom-feeder student sponging off PM.

I admit you made me stop and think when I read your first post. But if even I can figure out that he's most likely sincere -- and I'm not a favorite in these halls -- then you seem to be very out of line with your comments. They were distinctly lacking in tact.

In reply to Re^4: Newbie question, advice appreciated by rje
in thread Newbie question, advice appreciated by Seventh

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