> But you are right about one thing; no one you know cares about backwards compatibility, otherwise you'd know the difference between what you think you know, and what is actually true.

What the hell is this? Even if nobody I know cares about backwards compatibility, how does this relate to whether my knowledge is true or not?

Apologies for trivializing perl5's progress in the past 25 years, but come on, chill out dude.