On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Tom Christiansen <tchr...@perl.com> wrote: > Yes, I'm depressed too. > > I'm depressed that people are telling me that I don't talk good no more.
I don't think anyone said any such thing, I sure don't think that. I can imagine it feels like that, since this discussion is about what many perceive to be wrong about those documents, not on what is good about them. > 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. Not deleting anything can be just as effective at killing off interest in helping develop Perl. It's all about balance. > 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. Maybe they are driving you away, but you're driving other people away the same way. If I may speak for myself, I find this whole discussion extremely discouraging. If anything, this discussion is far more heated and far more dominated by emotion on all sides than it should be. Leon
