Re: Is the scala list getting too busy?

On 1/30/07, Tony Morris <tmorris@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I live at UTC+10. IRC would most certainly help the list
> traffic (some questions are just one liners), while providing
> useful banter and learning. Don't believe me? Pop on over to
> #haskell and see how fast you
> learn something with the usual 300 or so participants (from
> *every* timezone) sharing ideas.
>
> I guarantee you, you will not learn the same amount in 1/10 of
> the time on a mailing list.
>
> These threads would have executed in minutes, not days, and with
> a much more thorough outcome of where they stand today:
> * Another nit
> * How do I pattern match the following
> * two things about defs
> * replicate : Int -> T -> Array[T]
>     (in fact, this one is answered by a bot in #haskell; type
> this on the channel and receive an answer in a second or two:
> @hoogle Int -> a
> -> [a])
> * Singleton sets

We should use _both_ IRC and email and don't come up
with rules like "mailing list for discussions of type b,
use IRC for anything else". That's the essence of my
opinion. People can decide what works for them (technically
or personally). Naturally Martin and the team are free
to create rules, it's their project.

Anyway, I'm curious to read about the outcome of that
internal Scala discussion regarding the mailing list
traffic increase as mentioned by Martin (IIRC).

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