Don't know if something like this has been posted already. If it has, can someone please point me to the node? Or, at the very least, refine the idea a little. I'm pretty sure it can go far with a little creative work.

You ever write a piece of code that you just know could be written better but you're not sure how? Wouldn't it be great to just drop it in a place where someone else can show you?

Snippets and Seekers of Perl Wisdom don't seem like the right place for it. I always get the feeling that polished code should go in Snippets and broken stuff and opinion questions should go in Seekers of Perl Wisdom.

A place like this would be good for newbies, and good for the experienced folk. The newbies could see other possibilities and the experienced folk would have open opportunities to sharpen their claws.

A plus would be that since it has its own place, everyone would have the same expectations. Of course you could always just change the description of Snippets or Seekers of Perl Wisdom a little as well. Maybe it's a just a habit some of the monks need to get into ;-)

In reply to skill sharpening by petesmiley

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