Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
"Rance" == Rance Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rance> All of my other lists behave in the reverse, if you reply, it goes to
Rance> the list, if you reply all, a second copy goes to the individual.
Oh geez. Here we go again.
Please read <http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html>.
And understand that *no* list managed at lists.perl.org will *ever*
have reply-to set. Thank goodness. :)
Your other lists coddle to the beginners who can't operate their mail client,
at the expense of experts who *can*. Let's not hobble the experts, or the
experts will go away.
This will be my last post on the subject to the relief of the rest of
the list.
I read your url reference, and it has some interesting points.
(It didn't convince me because the article actually admitted that my
situation was a real problem for which there was NO solution.)
As far as the REAM of replys: I apologize for touching a sore subject
for many of you, I did not intend to do that.
A simple NO and heres why would have been sufficient.
There is no indication of this behavior on any of the welcome pages and
no suggestion that this list behaves differently than any others.
I'm satisfied that my suggestion was listened to, and that I received
feedback on, thats all I can ask for. Even if the answer is "No way in
Hell."
Randal's reply suggests that I'm somehow so ignorant I don't know how to
use a MUA. I don't know perl, I admit it. Thats in fact WHY I joined
this perl list.
This is in fact just as insulting to me as it was to you for me to
suggest a change. Mutt and Elm may offer a reply to group or reply to
list features but MOST email clients don't and I've used several over
the years.
I do know how to use my mail client and I in fact KNOW that the feature
you guys are referring to DOES NOT EXIST in my MUA.
There is an assumption in some circles that the "pet project" is so
amazing no one could call them selves a "Sys Admin" without knowing
about it. My experience on this list has taught me that perl is one of
those "pet projects."
I've known about perl for years, but Ive never needed to write a perl
script till now.
It's possible that I never will again, I've been in the computing game
for well over ten years and never needed to write a perl script before.
There was always "another way" to do the thing I needed to do without
learning a new language.
That being said, perl is nice work, and I like the structure, and it
shouldn't take long to for me to figure it out. The syntax is just plain
weird (IMO)
I'm still not used to using variables like $_ whose meaning (and value)
can change depending on where you are in your code.
I mean I know the difference between a global variable, and local one,
but this a new type, a globally available local variable or a
"global-local" for short. That even sounds weird when you say it.
Its a scary thing this, and its taking me much longer to do my project
than it should, simply because its in perl and there is so much that
doesn't make sense right off the top of the head.
I'm only a beginner on this list, on the others I belong to I'm a
contributor and answer more than my share of questions. If I get to
hang around in perl long enough maybe I'll be able to start contributing
here. Maybe not.
But please don't assume I'm stupid just because I'm a beginner at
something, or that I'm asking a question that all of you already know
the answer to.
Thanks for listening.
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Rance Hall
System Administrator
Nebraska Turkey Growers
1-308-468-5711, ext. 106
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