Man you seem to waste a lot of time on meta discussion--using the monastery to discuss the monastery. You're also deeply worried about votes, the first line in your post is about potential votes on it. You seem to worry about other peoples' votes and their motivations. Well, get over it. Talk about Perl. Don't worry about votes so much--what's important is Perl. And don't try to figure out why people vote, it's their business, and the whole point of a voting system. Back to code...
Just to be fair to bladx who maybe wasn't that
clever to write about votes but if you look here
his "Note" on votes is not unreasonable. Wether
this remark was smart or not? -- I don't know, but I still
understand his motivation.