Re: [PATCH] doc: add technical/whyperl

[Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>]

Eric Wong <e@yhbt.net> writes:

> Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org> wrote:
>
> Did you forget reply-all?  Re-adding Cc: meta@public-inbox.org
> since you've already posted there in the past.

I was more meant as a off-side remark, but we can also do this on the
list.

>> Eric Wong <e@yhbt.net> writes:
>> 
>> > Some people don't like Perl; but it exists, there's no
>> > avoiding it with everything that depends on it.  And
>> > nearly all code still works unmodified after 20 years.
>> 
>> > +  Furthermore, Perl documentation is typically installed as
>> > +  manpages, allowing users to quickly access and learn it
>> > +  offline.
>> 
>> I absolutely don't mind using Perl, but I cannot say this is true.
>> I tried to learn Perl from the man pages, and things got sooo much
>> clearer once I picked up the Camel book.  The man pages are good for
>> reference, but not for learning from scratch.
>
> Interesting, thanks for the comment.  I'll reword it, how about:
>
> 	Furthermore, Perl documentation is typically installed
> 	locally as manpages, allowing users to quickly refer
> 	to documentation as needed.
>
> ?

This sounds better to me.

> Fwiw, I guess my own learning experiences are atypical.  I've
> never picked up a book on Perl or any language/skill I'm
> familiar with.  Mainly source diving, manpages, lurking on
> mailing lists, archives, newsgroups, etc. along with lots of
> trial-and-error.

So I just looked into perlintro and the word context appears like
three times and is not explained.  I think picking up some core
concepts is super hard from the included docs.

cu,
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Leah Neukirchen  <leah@vuxu.org>  https://leahneukirchen.org