I understand your point. After about a 2.5 year lay off I have started writing
PERL again. I started reading this list because I was looking to hone (and
possibly expand) my perl skills. I for one would be much more able to deal with
the traffic on this list if there were less questions that could simply be
answered by saying RTFF (read the F*@$! FAQ).
I used to read some perl list or newsgroup (I can not remember which) that after
subscribing you were sent an e-mail that would point you to the faq and state
that you should check the FAQ for your question before posting it. I thought
that was a great idea. I read that list both before and after that e-mail was
automatically sent and if memory serves we did get a lot less questions that
could be answered RTFF.
Just my $0.02 worth
Gary
"Brett W. McCoy" wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Russ Foster wrote:
>
> > I think everyone is missing my point (or I'm just way off base on this one).
> >
> > There is no *good* BEGINNERS FAQ available, is there?
> >
> > The FAQs on perl.com are the same that are available in the distribution
> > that are available from the perldoc command --- which are next-to-useless
> > for a true beginner (which is who this list is trying to serve).
>
> But there are so many questions in the perldoc FAQs that are asked here,
> repeatedly, like "How can I write expect in Perl?", or "How do I install
> a module from CPAN?" or "How do I change one line in a file/delete a
> line in a file/insert a line in the middle of a file/append to the
> beginning of a file?". A quick glance through those FAQs and I see a lot
> of questions that I have personally answered on this list.
>
> > My point about the Roman Numerals is... How many times has someone asked
> > that question on this list?
>
> That's a rather trivial example... the question, at some time, has been
> asked repeatedly (probably on clpm) which is why it has ended up in the
> FAQ. True, it probably isn't asked very often here, but so many others
> are.
>
> I think the ideal thing to do, to look at a FAQ specifically to help
> beginners on this list, would be to go through the archives and find those
> questions that are getting asked repeatedly and determine if they aren't
> in the perldoc FAQs.
>
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