Re^4: Zen and the art of ignoring XP

This indicates to me that people (or atleast some) see it as a representation of Perl knowledge, if not then why would they botter to refer to him being saint on Perlmionks at all? It would only mean he spent some (or maybe a lot) time on a website posting messages, maybe by asking questions, or posting to polls. (ofcourse a lot depends on the one doing the interview and the research that has been done, someone could easily look at his post and see, but I can't tell wheter or not that is done)

When I look at Saints in our Book, especially the top 100 names, I see people whose responses I've read over the past 4 years. Most of those people have said useful things regarding Perl and programming in general. As Perlmonks becomes one of the primary sources of useful Perl knowledge, those names become more and more well-known. It doesn't hurt that nearly all those people are also well-known outside Perlmonks, primarily on CPAN. (I'm not positive, but I'd be willing to bet that 80 of the top 100 Saints have modules on CPAN.)

It's probably also similar to why going to college is important, but which college you went to and what degree you got isn't as important. I actually learned very little about programming at college. The fact I finished college is what people care about. It's the "investment in something" idea that Joost was referring to. Perlmonks, CPAN, comp.lang.perl.misc ... doesn't matter which one you invest in - just invest in at least one - your reputation will come.

In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is. :-)
"What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?"

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