From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-09-22T22:08:56+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby spot it ....

On Sep 22, 2006, at 1:35 AM, Tim Becker wrote:

> There's really no motivation for the
> "professional" to browse a pure beginner's forum and while the
> beginners can answer each other's questions

Pat Eyler and I were discussing this yesterday.

I was on the Perl Beginner's mailing list for years and I can tell  
you multiple smart people were regulars there.  I can't tell you why  
they were all there, but my reason was that it felt good to help  
people just like others did for me when I was learning.  I'm pretty  
sure some liked helping there because they could teach good Perl  
habits to the newcomers.

Your theory is sound, but the professionals might just surprise you.

James Edward Gray II