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Jay Jeckel

Ah, see I thought the talk of the group's title was a metaphor, and one I think works very well. But if it is an actual objection, then I have to disagree that tiny differences in suffixes are as powerful as you're suggesting. Perl Programmers vs Perl Programming is a distinction without any practical difference.

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Matt Freake

As someone who used to code mostly Perl, but now sadly doesn't I'd be interested in a group called "Perl Programming" but not "Perl Programmers" because that's not what I am anymore and it sounds like it would be of interest to those who mostly/completely code Perl