perlmeditation
ybiC
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<h2>"If the only tool<sup><i>(forum)</i></sup> you know is a hammer<sup><i>(PerlMonks)</i></sup>, every problem<sup><i>(question)</i></sup> looks like a nail<sup><i>(SoPW post)</i></sup>"</h2>
...OR...
<h2>"fora and fauna"</h2>
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<h2>disclaimers:</h2>
<ul>
<li>'most anything perlish is accepted and welcome here at Our Fine Monastery
<li>I'm not complaining...
<li>nor proposing site change...
<li>nor fomenting mass monasterial desertion...
<li>rather, hoping to expand folks' horizons a bit (starting with my own)
</ul>
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<p>
<h2>with that said, I'll get right to the point*:</h2>
<ol>
<li>our beloved perlmonks.org isn't the <u>only</u> good online Perl resource around
<li>some questions might be optimally asked elsewhere
<li>some discussions might be optimally held elsewhere
</ol>
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<p>
<h2>google for perl forums(fora?):</h2>
you can read/search/post-to these newsgroups all from the comfort of your browser:
<ul>
<li><strike>[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=comp.lang.perl|comp.lang.perl]</strike> and I quote, "Dead, <i>dead</i>, <b>dead</b>"
<li>[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=comp.lang.perl.announce|comp.lang.perl.announce]
<li>[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=comp.lang.perl.misc|comp.lang.perl.misc]
<li>[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=comp.lang.perl.moderated|comp.lang.perl.moderated]
<li>[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=comp.lang.perl.modules|comp.lang.perl.modules]
<li>[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=comp.lang.perl.tk|comp.lang.perl.tk]
</ul>
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<p>
perl mailing lists are plentiful plus archived at CPAN:
<ul>
<li>[http://lists.cpan.org/|The Perl Mailing List Database]
</ul>
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<p>
<strike>[jasmine]</strike> [Jazz] runs a solid-looking <strike>ubb</strike> gossamer threads perl forum:
<ul>
<li>[http://perlguru.com/|PerlGuru]
</ul>
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not to mention the-not-necessarily-forummy info/resources at:
<ul>
<li>[Outside Links] by [neophyte]
<li>[id://78752] by [Masem]
<li>your local perldoc<code></tilly></code>
</ul>
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<p>
Hrm... how did I forget this'un?
<ul>
<li>[id://73279] by [KM]
</ul>
</p>
<p>
<h2>wrap up with a question:</h2>
<ol>
<li>What other Perl fora do you frequent?
<li><b>What's your criteria for ask/tell/announce somewhere outside these fair walls?</b>
</ol>
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cheers,<br />
Don<br />
<i>striving toward <a href="http://prometheus.frii.com/~gnat/yapc/2000-stages/">Perl Adept</a></i><br />
<font size="-2">(it's pronounced "why-bick")</font><br />
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<sup><b>*</b> yeah, I know what you're thinking, <i>"Who are you and what have you done with ybiC?!"</i> {grin}</sup>
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<sup>thanks to [Elian] and [Kanji] for appreciated corrections</sup>
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