I just read chris fedde's response to Ejecting CGI.pm From the Perl Core, my head nodded in agreement from start to finish. It helped me clarify a few of the thoughts and concerns I've had bouncing around in my head for the past several days.

So here goes: I think it would be a mistake for perl core to not "Dance with the one that brung ya".

How many of us are using Perl because of CGI.pm? When I …