It was Tuesday, November 30, 2004 when Bob Showalter took the soap box, saying: : Chris Devers wrote: : > On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, FlashMX wrote: : > : > > Yea...ok fine...Whats the purpose of this "beginners" list anyway. : > > : > > To put it bluntly Gunnar. Your attitude sucks! : > : > We're here to help beginners with their questions as they learn. : > : > We are not here to teach people step by step, especially considering : > that there are already perfectly good introductory texts and online : > tutorials out there. : : Ah, reminds me of the days when I used to get spanked for saying things like : that :~) : : http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.beginners/17171
And rightly so (although I sound a bit dramatic there, don't I). :-) The information in that post still holds true. I feel the same way today as I did then. The point of being here is to answer the questions people have, no matter how many times they've been asked in the past, and /also/ to point them in the right direction to help themselves in the future. Both of these goals can be accomplished. To go with the fishing analogy: Teach a man to fish while sharing your fish and you'll have him hooked. Okay, I made that up but it sounds good. The original question was places squarely within reasonable query boundaries. If you find that to be an unacceptably wide range I invite you to share your expertise on PerlMonks or comp.lang.perl.misc. Their lower bound is set a bit higher. As for "what's this list for," the FAQ still stands. That portion of this thread is certainly closed. Casey West -- Shooting yourself in the foot with Lisp You shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
