I worry about the money-injection element of something like this. I get it--that's Oracle's thing, but Perl's never been about that.

And if I'm paying for schooling, I think I'd also expect some sort of certification and ranking of some sort (a GPA?) or some way to verify that I'm getting the materials and staying current. What would I be buying that I couldn't get by asking a question here? How do you add value from a profitability perspective?

Also mightn't there be troubles profiting off of modules you didn't create? And if any level of prestige is warranted by a university of sorts, will it cheese-off developers who create modules and are ignored by the "academics" of this university?

Also who's your target audience? I have a couple kids that know nothing about programming. I've tossed around the idea of teaching them Perl, just because the language supports SO MANY programming concepts and paradigms--many I don't use nor have I really any experience in. It'd be fun to go at Perl from those angles too, but in many cases those courses don't focus on the language as much as the computer science concept.

There's certainly a lot of possibilities for exploration here... Good luck... :)

In reply to Re: Perl(Monks) University by raybies
in thread Perl(Monks) University by InfiniteSilence

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