# I am stepping down from Perl Steering Council and Core

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**Created:** [13 April 2021 00:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/i-am-stepping-down-from-perl-steering-council-and-core/8732 "2021-04-13T00:19:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [13 April 2021 00:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/i-am-stepping-down-from-perl-steering-council-and-core/8732/1 "2021-04-13T00:19:28Z")

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> Yesterday I had dared to say that people in Core recognize there is  
> cruft in the language, and that we wish we could remove it, and that  
> removing some cruft can make our jobs easier, whether we could remove  
> it or not. This is based on multiple conversations we’ve had in person  
> at Core Summits (and other conferences) about the complexity of  
> certain work due to historical cruft and misfeatures, as well as  
> edge-cases that cut us over the years. My statement should be regarded  
> as either “correct and not fun to admit to” or “wrong but an  
> understood mistake” or - more likely - “correct in some contexts but  
> not others.” Instead, it was yet another opportunity for some people  
> in this community to bash me…

[https://perl.topicbox.com/groups/perl-core/T7a4f1bf9e069641f](https://perl.topicbox.com/groups/perl-core/T7a4f1bf9e069641f)

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