On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 9:18 PM, Brad Gilbert <b2gi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Joseph Brenner <doom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Attention conservation: it's unlikely I'm going to say something > > interesting you haven't thought of already. > > > > A side-discussion that came up here: should you ask questions here, or > > at stackoverflow (or both here *and* at stackoverflow). > > > > I understand the argument that it's better to talk about perl in > > public where non-perl might see it (to help counter that "perl is > > dead" impression that's floating around). Getting more involved with > > stackoverflow has been on my list for a long time... and yet I haven't > > gotten to it. Why not? > > > > (1) The barrier at stackoverflow to a beginner is probably higher than > > you think it is-- it's not at all obvious what you're allowed to do > > and what you're not at the outset. > > The barrier is non-existent. > Your failure of imagination does not make that barrier any less real. Eirik
