in reply to RFC: Preaching section on PM

In a word: unnecessary.

Preaching here would mostly be "preaching to the choir."

Besides, I can easily see it degrading into the "holy war" section and attracting <fill in a non-Perl language> zealots who don't necessarily agree with our point of view.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

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Re^2: RFC: Preaching section on PM
by spiritway (Vicar) on Sep 28, 2005 at 03:15 UTC

    I think you've raised a good point. Such a section would be a lightning rod for endless (and useless) flames about "mine's better than yours". I could easily see it degenerating into a few Perl advocates, and a pack of Anonymous Monks trying to annoy everyone by writing inflammatory remarks.

    Still, it would be helpful sometimes if I had reasons to advocate Perl, beyond things like, "well it's so darn much fun!"

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Re^2: RFC: Preaching section on PM
by aufflick (Deacon) on Sep 28, 2005 at 03:04 UTC
    Agreed. The whole point of evangelising is to do it in the community where you will find people who are not yet "singing in the choir" to extend your analogy.
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