I feel less informed and more confused than before I read it.
This whole discussion is weird. People arguing about whether cruft does or does not exist in the codebase, and all of a sudden "I have no interest in discussing anything with you". Is there some pre-existing beef here?
There is, but I'm not aware of the specifics that led to this level of animosity. All I can say for sure is that over the past year or so, there has been arguments regarding Sawyer's initial Perl 7 plan in public and private, and mst is extremely blunt.
Definitely a non-neutral history, but also nearly a year of intense discussions that would leave even a saint feeling burnt out. The emotional reaction was unwarranted here, but quite understandable.
This whole discussion is weird. People arguing about whether cruft does or does not exist in the codebase, and all of a sudden "I have no interest in discussing anything with you". Is there some pre-existing beef here?