I think that gets to the crux of the matter. I think the old school look is kind of a badge of honor that makes a statement: "Engineering is what matters, not looks." The question I have is: Does that help the Perl programming language succeed and propagate?

And what I'm also curious to know is if anyone is doing any thinking about this kind of stuff. It's entirely possible being old school will be seen as "cool" and help Perl. Kind of like one of the big things in hip hop culture was all about keeping things "real." It's interesting to think about.

I tend to think a modest revamp would be in order, however.

I tend to think a modest revamp would be in order, however.

In open source, what ones wants is mostly irrelevant. What one is willing to do is what really matters. So, are you willing to do the facelift?

Like others, I see a potential defensive position in the baseline, utilitarian engineering. A cast iron pan looks basic, as the kids say, compared to a fancy Teflon one with polished aluminum and all but the chef you want to prepare dinner is going to pick up the first every time.

People use hired guns to write open source for them all the time as you know. I’m curious to know if anyone has looked into this. I’m trying to gauge where Perl leadership is on this. I don’t know. If the answer is “they don’t give a shit about that and don’t think about it” that’s fine. If the answer is “they are keenly sensitive about the issue and are struggling mightily to find the resources to pull it off” that’s fine too. I just want to know what the answer is. Maybe nobody knows. I don’t.

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I agree with stevieb. Pandering to those (and their ilk) who judge books by their covers is a doomed and damnable endeavor.

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