Hello,

Saw this discussion and found it interesting, got a somewhat half on 
topic question. I've been trying to decide on a language to learn, 
python and perl both stood out. There seems to be various discussions of 
why one is better than the other, and the pro's and con's of both. From 
what I've seen perl has been around longer than python and there are 
plenty of places to ask for help and lots of perl modules to use in your 
code. Python on the other hand seems newer, also has modules(probably 
less than perl), and has quite bit of community around too. However 
lately I've been seeing that there are more python projects than perl, 
making me think python might be the better one to go for. So I am more 
wondering what peoples opinions on this mailing list are when it comes 
to python or perl, that way I can consider the opinion of people who 
have been programming for a while before I make a decision to what I am 
going to do ;)

On 2016-12-30 02:03, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I couldn't agree more, usually when I go to an open source event if
> the crowd is a good one they wind up going some where else after the
> event is over and chat for hours.
> Thanks for the links, I'll look into them even though I'm on too many
> mailing lists already‎ :).
> 
>   Original Message  
> From: ToddAndMargo
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 18:24
> To: Paul Robert Marino
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Perl 6 just hit
> 
> On 12/28/2016 01:09 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
>> there is one for active Perl 6
>> projects but they don't want any one who doesn't already have an
>> active Perl 6 project to attend. I asked them very politely for a
>> clarification on their policy and didn't not get a response. I didn't
>> get a reply but I know other Perl 5 programmers who showed up looking
>> to get porting tips, and were asked to leave because they weren't
>> currently Perl 6 programmers, which is a very poor approach to take if
>> you really want to rebuild the Perl community.
> 
> I have found in all my years in this biz that when so called "experts" 
> get
> arrogant and condescending, it is usually because they don't
> know what they are doing. The real experts love to talk and talk
> about what they have learned. Sort of like letting the air out
> of a compressed air container.
> 
> There is a Perl 6 mailing list with a bunch of great guys
> over at
> 
> http://lists.perl.org/list/perl6-users.html