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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: words words words
Message-ID: <15265:Dec1804:30:4790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 18 Dec 90 04:30:47 GMT
References: <1990Dec17.170541.20942@newcastle.ac.uk>
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In article <1990Dec17.170541.20942@newcastle.ac.uk> des0mpw@colman.newcastle.ac.uk (M.P. Ward) writes:
> Well, it's the time of year when word games are popular. Here's the results
> of my researches with perl and a 70,000 word dictionary. Any improvements

IMNSFHO this proves my point about the appropriateness of postings here.

Ward's article is the least appropriate comp.lang.perl article ever. Tom
and Randal will scream ``He said perl so it's fine for comp.lang.perl!''
How foolish.

Not that it's Ward's fault: he was only continuing a thread that was
almost entirely inappropriate from the start. Sticking to the original
group is better than switching to another inappropriate group.

I return to this discussion because I really am interested in the Perl
language and would love to read a group dedicated to it. Unfortunately,
people aren't using this group that way. So I propose that we remove
this group and make a new group, comp.lang.perl, in which postings
irrelevant to the Perl language will not be tolerated.

I am also interested in the possible quality of system software, be it
in C, sh, Perl, or whatever language. Unfortunately, people don't seem
to realize that there are source groups on USENET, and that C software
belongs in those groups, not comp.lang.c. So I propose that the monthly
posting here include short pointers to the source groups.

Finally, I find that general programming problems only distract from
intelligent language discussions. So I propose that the monthly posting
here also point people to comp.misc and the particular programming
groups.

---Dan