Hm. Your opinions don&#x27;t match my recollections.<p><i>Aaaaaand without the technical or political fallout of &quot;let&#x27;s make a VM for ALL the dynamic languages!&quot;</i><p>I remember Larry being really keen on that idea. The quote went something like &quot;If everyone complains that CPAN gives Perl an unfair advantage, let&#x27;s give everyone access to CPAN.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.perl.com&#x2F;pub&#x2F;2003&#x2F;07&#x2F;16&#x2F;soto2003.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.perl.com&#x2F;pub&#x2F;2003&#x2F;07&#x2F;16&#x2F;soto2003.html</a>