Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative.
I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.
Wow, I'm being shot at from both sides. That means I *must* be right.
I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.
Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.
It's certainly easy to calculate the average attendance for Perl conferences.