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in reply to Well, *Is* Perl Dying?
However, the article was well-written, the comments presented in a reasonable, non-trollish way...
I thought it was full of half-truths, logic errors, distortions, and all deliberately chosen as provocative. It's been a couple of months since the last whiny anonymonk posted a discussion with that title, too. |
Re^2: Well, *Is* Perl Dying?
by Marza (Vicar) on Jul 18, 2006 at 18:34 UTC
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Add in the victim complex that he was going to be abused for speaking out against Perl. Oh well this will reload in a couple months or at least continue on use.perl.org | [reply] |
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To a certain extent, that's a valid concern: there are certain things you Simply Don't Say at PerlMonks (if you value your XP much). One is that Perl is dying. Another is that guns aren't evil incarnate. Yet another is that the XP system is sometimes self-defeating, in terms of its supposed goals. I've experienced first-hand the bizarre, spiteful, underhanded negative rep stalking that can occur here from time to time — in fact, I've experienced it twice. It doesn't stop me from proudly sticking my name on any controversial opinion I share here, but it does give comments such as yours (dismissing rep abuse as though it were the subject of nothing more than a paranoid fantasy) some interesting perspective.
Victim complex? Hardly. Whether or not that anonymonk cares too much about XP is certainly a little more worth examining, though.
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- apotheon
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You make some good points about XP abuse. Ignoring my own nodes (all of which are perfectly reasonable and enlightening, of course), I've seen some folks get bashed severely for saying things that really didn't deserve it. Certain topics are simply tabu. You mention them at your peril. This is why I keep saying that a node's reputation is based on its popularity, which isn't necessarily the same as whether it's informative, on-topic, well-written, well-reasoned, presented respectfully, and so on.
To the credit of the Monks, however, I see a whole lot more fairness and reasonableness here, than I see in what I laughingly refer to as "real life". I guess I get downvoted more often in "real life" than I do here...
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Lumping the heretical topics you mention all together: "My XP was self-defeated by a kindly (but dying) Perl gun."
I must admit to some morbid curiosity as to whether this shotgun reputation test will make it to Worst Nodes. More likely this node will pass unnoticed, since I'm joining this discussion so late in the game.
Yes, I'm one of those people who just cannot resist pushing big red buttons with "Do not push" signs hanging above them. One of my favorite movie scenes is when Tom Hanks opens the 'main valve' in his office in Joe versus the Volcano.
It's a gift ... and a curse.
No good deed goes unpunished. -- (attributed to) Oscar Wilde
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