From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...>
Date: 2006-04-20T11:19:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Gateway (was Re: Symbol#to_proc is just so beautiful)

On 4/19/06, John Gabriele <jmg3000@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> With Perl, they've got comp.lang.perl, but there's also Perlmonks.
> Perlmonks has a system where you can rate posts (which are helpfully
> displayed nested), and gain "experience points" if your posts get
> rated well. They also have fastidious admins who remove trollish
> postings (if any). Perlmonks is an *amazingly* helpful place for
> Perlers. They keep that monastery clean. ;)

I've never been a Perler myself, but hearing about this makes me want
to be one (except for the language, LOL.) Would it be terrible to
create a Ruby equivalent of this? Would that result in too much
dilution of the community and maybe result in segregated communities
(experts on "Rubymonks", the rabble on ruby-lang?) I mean if it has
worked in the Perl world.......

Ryan