I think people should understand that merlyn's pique is not entirely selfish. Programming sloppily in Perl hurts Perl.

On the other hand, merlyn, your tone is counterproductive. As someone who usually agrees with you on technical matters, I'm frustrated when your lack of diplomacy hinders your advocacy of issues that I believe in.

The Perl community doesn't march in lockstep for anyone, not even for Larry Wall. Whether you're right or wrong, you can't take other people's code personally.