Re: Does Emacs need two Perl modes?

[Po Lu]

Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver@mavit.org.uk> writes:

> The recent thread about cperl-mode being improved to understand new
> Perl syntax got me wondering…
>
> Does it still make sense for Emacs to include two different Perl
> modes?  Is it time to make cperl-mode the default, and to deprecate
> perl-mode?

I think it makes sense, because otherwise a great deal of our valuable
time will be wasted debating which one to remove.

That alone makes keeping both worthwhile.