Re: Perl forum ambassadors?

Go forth and spread the wisdom! In specific, use some means to find a new perl forum and spend time helping the people there learn the Right Way to code perl. Advocate strict and warnings. Advocate sane coding practices. Do what you can to improve their knowledge, and there by improve Perl's reputation.

I'm already doing about as much as I can there. I hunted down the eight or nine mailing lists at Yahoo!Groups that had Perl in their name, and subscribed to them all. You think some of the answers here are a bit dodgy... you should see the mess the so called "experts" there create.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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Re^2: Perl forum ambassadors? by holli (Abbot) on Sep 03, 2005 at 17:10 UTC
<scene> Randal: You shouldn't use eval needlessly. It can be dangerous. So called Grouped expert: Who are YOU to advise me? Somebody else: The author of "Learning Perl" So called Grouped expert: Oh. </scene> ;-) holli, /regexed monk/	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl forum ambassadors? by merlyn (Sage) on Sep 03, 2005 at 20:40 UTC
Actually, that's exactly what I don't do. If I ever use my status or history to try to sway the argument, I've already lost. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]
Re^4: Perl forum ambassadors? by holli (Abbot) on Sep 04, 2005 at 05:30 UTC
That's why I let "somebody else" say it. holli, /regexed monk/	[reply] [d/l]