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bitten one too many times by what seems to have become the
standard in the Perl community: an attitude defined by smart-
assing and nitpicking. Ask a stupid question and you're in for a
kick in the ass! Out there in the normal world it's known that
there simply is no such thing as a stupid question - not so in
Perl world. IMHO this is one of the things that's making Perl
unattractive to beginners and causes it to lose ground in a
frightening way. The Perl community is shrinking to a few highly
• This has little to nothing to do with the Perl community.
Nearly every technical channel I've ever been on has the same,
"Please just ask your question" mentality, because it is very
frustrating to watch people join the channel, say "hello? I have
a question. I'm going to ask it soon!" and then /quit when no
one announces his approval or awareness of this.        I am
aware that there are