And I want to say thank you, dave_the_m, for maintaining some cool and objectivity. I honestly wasn't sure what to think after reading—Re^2: What's the perl5's future?—since I enjoy a good rant and the guilty pleasure of indignation by proxy. Then I went and read the email threads' backstory. o_O I would leave or cut down on participation if I had to work with that kind of pointless, unproductive, toxic flagellation. I'm grateful you didn't do so.