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RE: List for Perl 6 syntax? (Re: What about many mailing lists?)

From:
M.J.T. Guy
Date:
July 25, 2000 14:25
Subject:
RE: List for Perl 6 syntax? (Re: What about many mailing lists?)
Message ID:
E13HBIL-0005ZR-00@libra.cus.cam.ac.uk
Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk> wrote
> At 21:19 25/07/00, Kevin Meltzer wrote:
> >Depends on what camp you are in :) To me that will be Yet Another List.
> >Personally, I would rather see an announcement come to the list(s)
> >I am subscribed to, rather than subscribe to another list.
> 
> So if you're subscribed to six lists, you'd receive the notification of a 
> new list six times. No thanks - I'd _far_ rather have the announcement list.

I'm with Dave on this.    But if it's actually a significant issue
in practice, we clearly have too many lists.     :-)


Mike Guy



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