Yes, I'm depressed too. I'm depressed that people are telling me that I don't talk good no more. That there is something about my language that isn't safe for the precious children to hear. That there are things one isn't supposed to do--not that they're illegal or anything, just that they're "adults-only" topics.
Deleting things from Perl that you've decided make you wrinkle your nose has always been a a *very* popular idea historically. It's also been fairly effective at killing off interest in helping develop Perl, because every new generation find that they disapprove of the one that came before them, so they'd like to hurry them off to the grave before anybody notices. If you want to remove something from the language, then bring it up with with on the discussion list as something you want do see killed in the language. But don't try to ram your idea of moral rectitude down the rest of our throats by these stealth edits of the documentation to better align with the Holy Scriptures of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition. Surely driving away a few people who aren't family friendly is worth the vast strides of progress you promise to lead those of us who survive into. I think it's a stupidly harmful thing to do, and I think it is contrary to the spirit of Perl. But what do I know? I'm pretty sure only wrong-thinking people think like I do, and we must be pushed aside for the brave new world you seek to bring about. Go ahead, push a little: I don't mind jumping. It'd save me a lot of grief, and save you even more. The good of the many... --tom
