There's scaring away and scaring into trying harder

And for those who aren't motivated to invest some energy those are the same. And that's the kind of people you usually don't want in your community or project.

Admittedly your example with the graphical debugger was quite extreme, and linking to perldebtut might not be the best answer.

But I think that Erez' point was that there are cases where scaring people isn't wrong, and I have to agree.

For example when people ask the same question on the CB here all over, and ignore our links to FAQs and documentation, or our questions for clarification, after the third or fourth repetition I tell them some that perl can't solve their problem (which is true, because perl isn't their problem; communication is).

(I admit that I sometimes also tell them that PHP might be better for them, because I think they fit better into the PHP community. Yes, I'm an arrogant ass sometimes).

In reply to Re^3: Right answers for the right people by moritz
in thread Right answers for the right people by Jenda

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