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"If the only tool^(forum) you know is a hammer^(PerlMonks), every problem^(question) looks like a nail^{(SoPW post)}"

...OR...

"fora and fauna"

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disclaimers:

• 'most anything perlish is accepted and welcome here at Our Fine Monastery
• I'm not complaining...
• nor proposing site change...
• nor fomenting mass monasterial desertion...
• rather, hoping to expand folks' horizons a bit (starting with my own)

with that said, I'll get right to the point*:

1. our beloved perlmonks.org isn't the only good online Perl resource around
2. some questions might be optimally asked elsewhere
3. some discussions might be optimally held elsewhere

google for perl forums(fora?):

you can read/search/post-to these newsgroups all from the comfort of your browser:

• comp.lang.perl and I quote, "Dead, dead, dead"
• comp.lang.perl.announce
• comp.lang.perl.misc
• comp.lang.perl.moderated
• comp.lang.perl.modules
• comp.lang.perl.tk

perl mailing lists are plentiful plus archived at CPAN:

• The Perl Mailing List Database

jasmine Jazz runs a solid-looking ubb gossamer threads perl forum:

• PerlGuru

not to mention the-not-necessarily-forummy info/resources at:

• Outside Links by neophyte
• How to RTFM by Masem
• your local perldoc</tilly>

Hrm... how did I forget this'un?

• YAS sponsors a new Perl help channel on IRC by KM

wrap up with a question:

1. What other Perl fora do you frequent?
2. What's your criteria for ask/tell/announce somewhere outside these fair walls?

    cheers,
    Don
    striving toward Perl Adept
    (it's pronounced "why-bick")
 
 

^{* yeah, I know what you're thinking, "Who are you and what have you done with ybiC?!" {grin}}

^{thanks to Elian and Kanji for appreciated corrections}