Re^3: Why Perl Monks Works for Me

I feel foolish when I ask questions of a trivial class, when everyone seems to be pushing the limits of specialized areas of the language.

I think you've hit on exactly why I rarely post questions unless I'm just dying to know. I know for a fact that at least 90% of the things I want to ask can be answered by perldoc, google, or Super Search. And on top of that, at least 95% of the answers I can give have already been given by the time I read the question. So most of my posts (actual percentage unknown) involve navel-gazing in the Meditations section.

I'm not saying it's good or bad, that's just how I end up doing things here.

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Re^4: Why Perl Monks Works for Me by demerphq (Chancellor) on Dec 06, 2006 at 00:46 UTC
I know for a fact that at least 90% of the things I want to ask can be answered by perldoc, google, or Super Search. Thats generally true yes, but sometimes asking a group of experienced people is still better. For instance they may know your skill set and be able to steer you in a direction that pure research wouldn't take you. I mean thats basically what school in general is about, just a refinement of that basic principle. A library alone is a fine thing, but a library connected to a university full of profs willing to answer your questions and give advice is much much better. --- $world=~s/war/peace/g	[reply]

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Re^4: Why Perl Monks Works for Me
by demerphq (Chancellor) on Dec 06, 2006 at 00:46 UTC

I know for a fact that at least 90% of the things I want to ask can be answered by perldoc, google, or Super Search.

Thats generally true yes, but sometimes asking a group of experienced people is still better. For instance they may know your skill set and be able to steer you in a direction that pure research wouldn't take you. I mean thats basically what school in general is about, just a refinement of that basic principle. A library alone is a fine thing, but a library connected to a university full of profs willing to answer your questions and give advice is much much better.

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