Hmmm... interesting discussion. Not quite sure if bringing this up was a good idea or not.

On one hand my first impression when I saw the data structures thread was that it was a joke or someone trolling. In other words not something that it was any point using any time answering. Now that you have pointed out that the question is genuine, I might answer another question from the user in the future.

On the other hand bringing this up might label the said user in a negative way. Will I for instance from now on think less of the post written by the user even if the content is actually good?

I have tried to find a suggestion to how this could be solved better, but the only thing I can think of is to suggest that the user tries to make it clear that the question is genuine in a way that does not label him/her as something other than a newbie. For instance by writing at the start of the post: "I know that this question may seem strange, but I am completely new to this, so I am unsure of where to start."

Of course there is still no way of knowing if the poster is a troll or not, but on the other hand there is no way of knowing if this is all just a strange elaborate joke from perlfan :)

Anyway ++ perlfan.

In reply to Re: Perl Monks with learning disabilities by oyse
in thread Perl Monks with learning disabilities by perlfan

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