>It confused CTO/VP Eng types

I wouldn't call making the right decision confused. It clarified and justified their desire not to use Perl. Only a confused CTO/VP Eng type would choose to use Perl in spite of all its entrenched disadvantages and much better more popular alternatives.

I was just saying that they were confused about what was going on with Perl because if the Perl 6 effort. I don't think that they were confused or wrong in their decision making.