in reply to What Made the Perl Community Mean Spirited?
I don’t know what you’re talking about, either. (Ditto “The Larry.”)
Y’know, first of all, we’re talking about “computer programmers” here, and that’s always an interesting and challenging group of people to work with. Egos can be big, diplomacy can be low, bluntness a priority ... but, what does this have to do with “Perl?” Nothing much, I think.
A broad-brush statement that is too broad to be useful or meaningful. My experience with the Perl programming community (as encountered here at PM) is that they are very nice and knowledgeable folks; certainly not “mean-spirited” whatever that’s supposed to mean.
Re^2: What Made the Perl Community Mean Spirited?
by perlron (Pilgrim) on Feb 13, 2015 at 05:00 UTC
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if Larry has made such a comment as the OP says, id really like to see it and analyze its context.
By mean-spirited, my personal take on that is that every programming community and forum has slight differences in the way they are structured and respond to questions and suggestions.
The perl community at the core is largely a hacker community and they dont necessarily have the same objectives and approach in spreading the growth of the language as say a corporate entity, that would do everything they can in order to enable perl adherence.
the perl community and perlmonks forum is i feel slightly different from other language communities. In fact id be surprised if there were a similar forum like perlmonks (considering its history,order,XP system and ways of working)
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Some people might say, and some other people might expect, that “I among all Monks” would have reason to agree with you ... but, I don’t. Sure, I do wish that people around here had a bit more social graces sometimes, but all that’s beside the point. PM is definitely a programmer’s community quite unlike any of the others that I periodically frequent ... but, it is also the best. In terms of getting what you came here for ... high-quality answers, fast, and here’s a bunch of source-code too ... PM stands above. Perl typically does not attract the interests of kids fresh out of school. It does attract people who need to haul “revenue freight,” and who’ve probably been doing that for their employers for decades.
And as far as what you say about “corporate entity,” the Perl language is probably earning a billion dollars around the world every day. It’s rugged, robust, fast, versatile, and ... quirky. Its CPAN contributed library is exemplary. And corporations, among others, clearly don’t need to be told this.
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