Re: Were it not a monastery, my favourite metaphor for PerlMonks would have been:

How about "A Perl Mall"? You see all sorts here, from all kinds of backgrounds, who have stopped by for different reasons.

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Re^2: Were it not a monastery, my favourite metaphor for PerlMonks would have been: by blazar (Canon) on Aug 17, 2007 at 10:42 UTC
How about "A Perl Mall"? Well, I like it, but a very similar suggestion that I favour over yours because of a certain exhotic vein is that of a bazaar directly following yours in the thread. Both terms have the con, though, of having a strong commercial bent in their common acceptations, while here we're not selling anything: people come here to find help kindly offered to them with free of charge, and other people give away help for nothing in change, but possibly some personal satisfaction.	[reply]

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Re^2: Were it not a monastery, my favourite metaphor for PerlMonks would have been:
by blazar (Canon) on Aug 17, 2007 at 10:42 UTC

How about "A Perl Mall"?

Well, I like it, but a very similar suggestion that I favour over yours because of a certain exhotic vein is that of a bazaar directly following yours in the thread. Both terms have the con, though, of having a strong commercial bent in their common acceptations, while here we're not selling anything: people come here to find help kindly offered to them with free of charge, and other people give away help for nothing in change, but possibly some personal satisfaction.

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