From: Michael Pence <mikepence@...>
Date: 2001-08-14T05:28:55+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19659] Re: Ruby Newbie mailing list

I appreciate your references to Objectionable-C ;-)

I had in mind a newbie-helping-newbie kind of list, not spreading our
gurus any thinner.

Do you really want some "how do code-blocks work again?" questions on
this list?

Mike

--- Louis Brothers <lcb134@psu.edu> wrote:
> We had a similar discussion on the OmniWeb Objective-C mailing list
> not to
> long ago.  I was all for it, being an Objective-C newbie myself.  But
> the
> problem is that you can spread a list too thin, thus loosing more
> information than you generate.  And a newbie list would have to be
> moderated/monitored by gurus, spreading them thiner.  The best answer
> is
> just to keep the original list very open to newbie questions, and to
> try to
> consolidate newbie questions into FAQs whenever possible.
> 
> - Lou Brothers
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Pence [mailto:mikepence@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 4:01 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: [ruby-talk:19650] Ruby Newbie mailing list
> 
> 
> Hello all.
> 
> Insert usual Ruby kudos here.
> 
> I have been hesitant to post my newbie ruby questions to this list. 
> I
> have, of course, searched the archives and wikis and found much
> useful
> stuff.
> 
> My point is that a Ruby mailing list for blatantly novice questions
> seems to be in order.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Peace,
> Mike Pence
> http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?MikePence
> 
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