Hi all...

What's the difference between this newsgroup and comp.lang.perl.misc?
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duke

Merrilee Larson wrote:
>
> What's the difference between this newsgroup and comp.lang.perl.misc?

$ perl -le'print "alt.perl" - "comp.lang.perl.misc"'
0


:-)

John
--
Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order
certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall

On 2006-11-20, John W. Krahn <someone [at] example.com> wrote:
> Merrilee Larson wrote:
>>
>> What's the difference between this newsgroup and comp.lang.perl.misc?
>
> $ perl -le'print "alt.perl" - "comp.lang.perl.misc"'
> 0
>
c:\home\duke>perl -le'print "alt.perl" - "comp.lang.perl.misc"'
Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.

What gives? Later....
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duke

Merrilee Larson wrote:
> On 2006-11-20, John W. Krahn <someone [at] example.com> wrote:
>>Merrilee Larson wrote:
>>>What's the difference between this newsgroup and comp.lang.perl.misc?
>>$ perl -le'print "alt.perl" - "comp.lang.perl.misc"'
>>0
>>
> c:\home\duke>perl -le'print "alt.perl" - "comp.lang.perl.misc"'
> Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.

Windows doesn't like using single quotes:

perl -le"print q[alt.perl] - q[comp.lang.perl.misc]"



John
--
Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order
certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall

On 2006-11-21, John W. Krahn <someone [at] example.com> wrote:
> Merrilee Larson wrote:
>> On 2006-11-20, John W. Krahn <someone [at] example.com> wrote:
>>>Merrilee Larson wrote:
>>>>What's the difference between this newsgroup and comp.lang.perl.misc?
>>>$ perl -le'print "alt.perl" - "comp.lang.perl.misc"'
>>>0
>>>
>> c:\home\duke>perl -le'print "alt.perl" - "comp.lang.perl.misc"'
>> Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.
>
> Windows doesn't like using single quotes:
>
> perl -le"print q[alt.perl] - q[comp.lang.perl.misc]"
>
*Got* to remember that! I've got to get my act together, and get my FreeBSD
box back into the game. I'm also bound and determined to get an Xubuntu box
up and running. ;)

I guess I asked about this newsgroup because there doesn't seem to be much
traffic. I thought that maybe this group's focus might have been different.
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duke

On 11/20/2006 04:25 PM, Merrilee Larson wrote:
> Hi all...
>
> What's the difference between this newsgroup and comp.lang.perl.misc?
> --
> duke

Supposedly people are friendlier (but less knowledgeable) here.


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On 2006-11-21, Mumia W. <paduille.4060.mumia.w [at] earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 11/20/2006 04:25 PM, Merrilee Larson wrote:
>> Hi all...
>>
>> What's the difference between this newsgroup and comp.lang.perl.misc?
>> --
>> duke
>
> Supposedly people are friendlier (but less knowledgeable) here.
>
I'll take friendlier (and less arragant) any day! ;) As far as the knowledge
thing is concerned, that remains to be seen. But where's the traffic?
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duke

Merrilee Larson wrote:
>
> I guess I asked about this newsgroup because there doesn't seem to be much
> traffic. I thought that maybe this group's focus might have been different.

comp.lang.perl.* are the "official" Perl news groups. Anything in alt.* is
usually "unofficial".



John
--
Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order
certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall

Merrilee Larson scribed:

>On 2006-11-21, Mumia W. <paduille.4060.mumia.w [at] earthlink.net> wrote:
>> On 11/20/2006 04:25 PM, Merrilee Larson wrote:
>>> Hi all...
>>>
>>> What's the difference between this newsgroup and comp.lang.perl.misc?
>>> --
>>> duke
>>
>> Supposedly people are friendlier (but less knowledgeable) here.
>>
>I'll take friendlier (and less arragant) any day! ;) As far as the knowledge
>thing is concerned, that remains to be seen. But where's the traffic?

If traffic is defined as at least one post per day, this Group is absent
traffic. It's not unusual for no postings for several days.
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Ed Jay (remove 'M' to respond by email)

On 2006-11-21, John W. Krahn <someone [at] example.com> wrote:
> Merrilee Larson wrote:
>>
>> I guess I asked about this newsgroup because there doesn't seem to be much
>> traffic. I thought that maybe this group's focus might have been different.
>
> comp.lang.perl.* are the "official" Perl news groups. Anything in alt.* is
> usually "unofficial".

Got it!
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duke

"Merrilee Larson" <merrile [at] telus.net> wrote in message
news:8Xp8h.19893$C94.5802 [at] edtnps82...
> Hi all...
>
> What's the difference between this newsgroup and comp.lang.perl.misc?

You'll only get a decent answer in alt.perl if it is answered by one of the
comp.lang.perl.misc regulars.

Luckily there are a handful here.

comp.lang.perl.misc is much, much busier than alt.perl, so you'll always
find plenty to read.



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