It is written in the Book of Camel (3rd Ed, Oct 00 printing), p. 993:

laziness
The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other people will find useful, and document what you wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about it. Hence, the fist great virtue of a programmer.

Note that didn't say you gained benefits without first investing in their achievement. It argues, rather, the propriety of doing the work now, when it's easy and cheap, as opposed to later when it's forgotten, difficult, and expensive. As with money, you gotta invest to earn. $XP = ( $work && $help).

The first virtue of a programmer is to identify when work now can allow you to be lazy later.

Furthermore, your logic is flawed. You have not established that Perl Monks aren't virtuous. While some find thank-you nodes useless, that fact that they're being posted means that some folks feel as is they're being helped. Since the BSA considers "Helpful" one of the twelve virtues of Good Scouting, it is possible to argue that helpfulness is virtuous and that Helpful Monks are therefore virtuous ones. QED.

Finally, St. Larry (all praises to his work) doesn't have to be a PerlMonk; he already knows and understands the language. Remember, church is for sinners.

So, buckle up and start noding. As of this writing, you only have 2998 XP to Elevation, at which time you'll be able to claim a halo and buy a cup of coffee (Grandé/Drip) for $1.50/U.S (local prices may vary). ;-)

--f

In reply to Re: Q.E.D.-Perl Monks are not canonically virtuous by footpad
in thread Q.E.D.-Perl Monks are not canonically virtuous by SuburbanHermit

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