> > http://mox.perl.com/
> >
> > check it out and tell me what else the perl area should
> > mention.
> Suggestion:
> Start with a line or three about what perl is, and what perl5 is.
> Remember that the reader can be anything from a novice (so novice that
> he shouldn't look at perl yet) and up.
> Then split it in sections: For common mortals (FAQ, source for plain
> 5.001m, and maybe the Single Recommended Place to look for extentions),
> a section or more with the rest.
those are good ideas. i hope to do that one of these days, but
i'm a little overworked right now.
btw, the perl bugs html stuff has been requested to be made the perl 5
bugs stuff because "so many people can only use perl4". i'll mention it
as such, but my formal position happens to be casual disinterest if not
disdain, which is probably rude, but i can't see how we can be in the
position of supporting ancient code when fixes are available.
btw, i spent several hours working with a company who wants to install
perl5, but they have so much internal stuff that breaks miserably due
to
system "mail $user@localhost"
type boggosities that they're thinking of hacking on the perl5 src
itself to regress to the old broken behaviour. sigh.
--tom