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i don't think (Score:2)
you are being completely unbiased when you say that there isn't a clique. There are many. Saying that's it's one big happy meritocracy is like saying the US is one big happy democracy.
Re:i don't think (Score:2)
If there are cliques, they're still relatively easy to get into. It seems to me that it's a damn sight easier to make your way into the upper echelons of Perl than in any business of the same size.
And while a CEO-sized paycheck of respect won't pay the bills, it can make your 9-5 grind a little more bearable. Mr Jark doesn't get paid for his hard wor
Re:i don't think (Score:1)
Nat, it's a beautiful community. I've never found anything but acceptable, although it was an honest acceptance that told me when I was passing bad ideas.
My first brush with the Perl culture was reading the files in the Perl distribution. Seriously. That documentation was magnetic; it made me want to get out there and contribute. And even though I haven't done much (yet), what little I've done has never made me feel there was a clique that didn't want me.
Heck, I jotted off a message to Larry Wall one
J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
Re:i don't think (Score:1)
acceptance, not acceptable.
always click preview, not submit.
J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
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