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Re: Re: Possiblity of determining one's own 'level'by jonnyfolk (Vicar) |
on May 12, 2003 at 20:37 UTC ( [id://257559]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Linking what to XP?
just because XP doesn't mean anything doesn't mean that you cannot use those inbuilt levels for another purpose. It is totally immaterial that a current level of XP has no meaning. All you have to say is "what if it did?" If you decide that 'sainthood' actually depicts a state of knowledge where a monk can come across most types of perl problem and have a good bash at solving them, and a perl initiate vaguely knows that Larry Wall isn't some kind of building then you've ascribed values where once there were none. But so what - where is the big deal? For a very insignificant leap of faith youve arrived at a scenario where monks (particularly at a lower to intermediate level) can enter designated areas where wherever they turn they find elements of perl which are at or close to the level they are at - almost like a perl womb! I think that would be a pretty neat thing to achieve. Of course a side effect would be that XP would start to be associated with knowledge levels rather than just showing up to the site, and I have suggested a purely voluntary means of allowing for that. I don't say the idea is complete or even achievable with the site in its current form jeffa has already lectured me on that :). I just felt the idea was worthy of discussion I'm sorry if you disagree
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