Was: Re: Parrot contribution Is: Archiving IRC

2002-07-16 Thread Scott Walters
Btw, to the best of the ability of my backscroll, I'm trying to archive useful conversations on http://www.slowass.net/wiki/?ParrotVirtualMachine. If I miss something, feel free to add it. -scott On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Dan Sugalski wrote: > At 10:09 AM +0100 7/14/02, Simon Wistow wrote: > >On S

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-15 Thread David M. Lloyd
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, John Porter wrote: > > > >Which IRC network, which channel? > > > > I use irc.pobox.com, you can also try irc.rhizomatic.net > > Channel is #parrot > > Problem I have with irc (besides the fact that I don't, can't and won't > use it) is that all the good stuff that flows by i

Re: Parrot contribution - #parrot stream parser.

2002-07-14 Thread Iacob Alin
Simon Wistow said: > Might it be worth using something like > > http://usefulinc.com/chump/ > > (as seen in use at http://pants.heddley.com/index.html) > ? > > It's written in Python but there's a Perl replacement (to stem the PR > nightmare), which is 99% complete, lurking around which

Re: Parrot contribution - #parrot stream parser.

2002-07-14 Thread Simon Wistow
On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 08:54:30PM +0300, Iacob Alin said: > The guys from London.pm wrote Scribot (http://www.scribot.com/) wich could > be more useful... Yeah I know - Leon wrote the original and then I patched it :) http://thegestalt.org/simon/perl/scribot2.html Leon's done another revision

Re: Parrot contribution - #parrot stream parser.

2002-07-14 Thread Iacob Alin
Simon Wistow said: > Might it be worth using something like > > http://usefulinc.com/chump/ > > (as seen in use at http://pants.heddley.com/index.html) > ? > > It's written in Python but there's a Perl replacement (to stem the PR > nightmare), which is 99% complete, lurking around which was writte

Re: Parrot contribution - #parrot stream parser.

2002-07-14 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 10:09 AM +0100 7/14/02, Simon Wistow wrote: >On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 05:00:42PM -0400, Jim Cromie said: >> can we could invent a super-lightweight markup language >> that #parrot-eers would type into the stream to put meta-info into it ? > >Might it be worth using something like > >http://use

Re: Parrot contribution - #parrot stream parser.

2002-07-14 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 8:06 AM +0100 7/14/02, Leon Brocard wrote: >Jim Cromie sent the following bits through the ether: > >> can we could invent a super-lightweight markup language >> that #parrot-eers would type into the stream to put meta-info into it ? > >OK, I'll finally join this discussion. Yes, IRC is handy

Re: Parrot contribution - #parrot stream parser.

2002-07-14 Thread Simon Wistow
On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 05:00:42PM -0400, Jim Cromie said: > can we could invent a super-lightweight markup language > that #parrot-eers would type into the stream to put meta-info into it ? Might it be worth using something like http://usefulinc.com/chump/ (as seen in use at http://pants.hedd

Re: Parrot contribution - #parrot stream parser.

2002-07-13 Thread Leon Brocard
Jim Cromie sent the following bits through the ether: > can we could invent a super-lightweight markup language > that #parrot-eers would type into the stream to put meta-info into it ? OK, I'll finally join this discussion. Yes, IRC is handy for realtime questions like (just an example as it ha

Re: Parrot contribution - #parrot stream parser.

2002-07-13 Thread Jim Cromie
Nicholas Clark wrote: > >An IRC channel is good for discussions. But it doesn't archive them, >index them, collate them and provide them as reference for any new >would be recruits. I'm not saying that anyone has to write the docs, or >even the skeleton of the docs for their code - everyone and a

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-13 Thread Ashley Winters
On Saturday 13 July 2002 07:39 am, Sean O'Rourke wrote: > To help even more, you could collect the answers to these questions when > you receive them, and make the resulting FAQ part of your contribution to > Parrot. Write the FAQ you wish had existed when you first came. I would find that handy

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-13 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 03:48:31PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > I was working somewhere where the chief technical architect, a very smart > guy, was far too busy doing stuff to write it down, and also didn't view it > as a priority as "I don't need to write it down, it's all in my head". And on

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-13 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 06:41:22AM -0700, John Porter wrote: > channel. For all I know, there are no frequently asked > questions on the irc channel. For all I know, there are no > newbie parrot developers on the channel. Having read but deleted rather too much of this thread to respond to the

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-13 Thread Sean O'Rourke
On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, John Porter wrote: > > Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Porter) writes: > > > > > Yeah, look at the so-called Parrot FAQ. Someone needs to > > > get serious and make a real FAQ for parrot developers. > > > > I'm sure noone would mind if you start one! > >

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-13 Thread John Porter
Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Porter) writes: > > > Yeah, look at the so-called Parrot FAQ. Someone needs to > > get serious and make a real FAQ for parrot developers. > > I'm sure noone would mind if you start one! Does no one on this mailing see my point? It does not w

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-12 Thread Melvin Smith
At 01:16 PM 7/12/2002 -0700, John Porter wrote: >Melvin Smith wrote: > > Guys, look at the facts. We have a very small number of > > internals hackers here, and only one who actually gets > > paid for it. . . . We are not an army. > >"I'm so busy building this tower single-handedly, >I don't hav

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-12 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Porter) writes: > Yeah, look at the so-called Parrot FAQ. Someone needs to > get serious and make a real FAQ for parrot developers. I'm sure noone would mind if you start one! - ask -- ask bjoern hansen, http://askbjoernhansen.com/ !try; do();

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-12 Thread John Porter
Melvin Smith wrote: > Guys, look at the facts. We have a very small number of > internals hackers here, and only one who actually gets > paid for it. . . . We are not an army. "I'm so busy building this tower single-handedly, I don't have time to teach anyone else how to cut stone or mix mortar

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-12 Thread John Porter
> >Which IRC network, which channel? > > I use irc.pobox.com, you can also try irc.rhizomatic.net > Channel is #parrot Problem I have with irc (besides the fact that I don't, can't and won't use it) is that all the good stuff that flows by isn't getting captured and archived anywhere. I'm su

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-12 Thread Melvin Smith
>Which IRC network, which channel? I use irc.pobox.com, you can also try irc.rhizomatic.net Channel is #parrot >Sorry for past, present, and future newbie questions. Doubly so for having As always, newbie questions are welcome, and I think the Parrot list is usually nicely on-topic. -Melv

Re: Parrot contribution

2002-07-12 Thread Scott Walters
Melvin &co, Which IRC network, which channel? Sorry for past, present, and future newbie questions. Doubly so for having overlooked documentation. Docs are in excellent condition, considering. Since I can't help but to pipe up, I should disclaim myself: Parrot is extremely coo. The core team h