Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?

[Richard Stallman]

    As the "maintainer" of both perl-mode and (until a few days ago) cperl-mode,
    I'll vote to keep perl-mode as the default, because cperl-mode's code is 
ugly.

I don't think that's the way to make the decision.  I think it's a matter
of how well each mode works.  If CPerl mode works better, and if it has
no painful surprises, then let's make it the default.