For many of us, I think it will be meaningless. There is a Portland Perlmongers (that's Oregon, not Maine or anyplace else), but they appear to meet precisely once every 17 years, so it's a waste of time. Thus, if the union of the two means any changes in Monger's meetings, I'll never know. I had to move to Amsterdam to go to attend any meetings.
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Here in Paris, France, not a whole lot. We have a pretty vibrant scene, meeting one or more times a month, drinking beer, discussing linguistics, literature, mathematics, information technology, oh, and sometimes even Perl.
A number of Paris "mongueurs" are active on Perl Monks, but I think that most people are scared off by the language barrier. In its present form, Perl Monks will always cater only to those comfortable conversing in English.
On the other hand, there are a number of programmers on the list who are doing some truly awesome things with Perl, but you'll never hear about it (unless indirectly) on Perl Monks. So I think the Perl Mongers are an even greater force than Perl Monks. They are grass roots organisations that are that must closer to "the street".
The only downside is that you can't ++ a particularly good reply on a mailing list.
--g r i n d e r
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The combination involves Yet Another Society also. Did you see this node from Fearless Leader? There's a very brief explanation, and a promise that future news will be posted here.
Personally, it seems like a nice convergence. I expect things will only get better.
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I'm all for it as long as Perl Monks doesn't become Yet Another comp.lang.perl.misc. | [reply] |