Ass-u-me-ing that proper validation is performed, I recommend canonization be automatically bestowed upon anyone who has written a "useful" perl book (e.g., "Learning Perl" or "Programming Perl").

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RE: Automatic Canonization
by turnstep (Parson) on Apr 26, 2000 at 17:07 UTC
    I don't know about "automatic" Perhaps such people might not want to be treated like a god upon entering the monastery. They could petition for a higher rank, but the choice should be theirs.
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RE: Automatic Canonization
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Apr 27, 2000 at 21:05 UTC
    I don't know about automatic saint-hood, but maybe starting out as a monk (once identity has been verified) would be a good compromise.

    Contributions to the site ought to be rewarded, but simply showing up and posting a couple of nodes oughtn't be worth as much as posting a few hundred writeups over the past few months.

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RE: Automatic Canonization
by kryten (Scribe) on Apr 27, 2000 at 20:54 UTC
    I think XP should be doled out only for contributions to this site, if someone writes a book well and good, but if they don't contribute here what use is it to us as Perl Monks?

    see page 75 of "Kryten's Useful Perl Book" for more information. ;)

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      Ok, so Larry Wall would be a novice if he "didn't contribute?"

      Reductio ad absurdum.

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        Certainly.

        XP is not a measure of what a Monk knows about Perl, but rather an indicator of ones progress through the monastery.

        The experience is in the journey, not the destination.

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