Hi,
The beginners list (and the digest version) now have a total of 999
subscribers[2]. Wow.
Please always think before you write; when you write you are taking
almost a thousand people's time.
If what you write takes just 30 seconds to read[1], that's more than
8 hours(!) of time burned that could have been used writing code. :)
So,
o) before you write a question please make sure you've checked
all the FAQs and the documentation you know of.
o) before you write an answer, make sure you that you really are
contributing to a solution and doublecheck that noone
else already gave the same answer.
If your question is about LWP (accessing webpages from Perl), DBI
(accessing databases from Perl) or CGI (you know what that is
:-) ) there are other mailinglists you should use.
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Kevin, can you include this rant in the FAQ?
enjoy,
ask ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[1] I'd guestimate it took you (or will take you if you are not yet
done) between 30 seconds and a little more than a minute to read
this mail.
[2] Actually, while I've been writing this mail, 8 more people
subscribed, so that would be 1007 subscribers, but that doesn't
sound nearly as neat. (We were mentioned in the latest perl.com
newsletter).
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