It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.
When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.
Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.
If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.
I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.
The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.