Re: finding perl info on google can be hard

Hi Paul

1) The fact that you think using google to find information about Perl
is interesting. Please alow me to point out that I am using google to
read this newsgroup. I also use this to search perl newsgroups. If
the perl docs were all anyone needed to learn about perl these
newsgroups wouldn't enjoy the popularity they do. Don't you agree?

2) I don't think that the relationship between google and perl is
off-topic. I am not posting about google alone. I am posting about
effectivness of a tool for finding information on the perl programming
language. If my post is off topic then surely any post about the
perldocs is also off topic. If I am wrong please quote the appropriate
passage in the FAQ. I want to be a good forum member and would
appreciate the oppertunity to improve my netiquette.

Paul Lalli wrote:

The points everyone's been making are:

1) Attempting to use Google to find information about Perl is a foolish
pursuit. The documentation that comes with Perl is by far a better
resource. Information found from Google searches is bound to be
incomplete and/or buggy.
2) This newsgroup is about the Perl programming language. What Google
can or cannot do properly is off topic. The fact that one of the
things it cannot do is find information about Perl is not a Perl issue.
It is a Google issue. This is the same Google issue that makes it
similarly difficult to find information about C or C++ or PHP. These
are not seperate C, C++, or PHP issues. They are Google issues.
Therefore, they are off-topic for this group.

.

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