I apologize for the negative tone of my response, but I didn't find much that was positive in your original post (unless one considers that it elicited some thoughtful replies). It appears to me to promote "elitist" views that are not IMHO conducive to a learning or community environment.

Should we infer from you first paragraph that GNU/GPL/OpenSource code shouldn't meet professional standards? Do you feel that the genius of your contribution outweighs any responsibility for professional standards?

If you don't want morons to hack your code, don't put it where they can get to it. Do you really think morons won't "defile" your code just because they don't understand it or you don't comment it?

I think it is commendable that you want to save coders time and educate perl scripters. But educate them in what, the art of obfuscation? If you want to educate them, show them code that is as well documented as it is coded and useful.

--Jim