I have unreaped the root node. I believe it was considered in a manner at odds to documented policy and just barely made it past the reaping requirements (had one of the 'edit' votes been a 'keep' or vice versa, then it wouldn't have been reaped -- perhaps that is just a bug that should be fixed).

Just to be clear that this is not meant as encouragement, I will not be responding to the proffered question as I find it in the rather dark end of "gray" that is "off topic" and I may well downvote the node and/or replies to it as a mild form of discouragement.

It is most certainly not a Meditation. It shares no insights. It is seeking wisdom, just wisdom that is only very tangentially Perl-related. It is also an excellent example of "no effort". But I don't doubt that some will find the resulting information of some minor value.

Though I also find the consideration reason ("This has nothing to do with perl") to be incorrect. It just has precious little to do with Perl. And experience shows that the declaration of "no Perl here" is very often in error, especially if the declaration is worded quite strongly. Luckily, the vast majority of the stream of "no Perl" considerations no longer end in reaping. But I don't even consider this node so far off-topic to deserve the "move to the off-topic non-section" treatment.

- tye        

In reply to Re^2: which netbook do you have and why? (unreaped) by tye
in thread which netbook do you have and why? by Anonymous Monk

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