Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?

[Richard Stallman]

Randal, have you tried a recent Perl mode?
If not, could you try it and see how well it works?

In general, if Perl mode requires people put special things
into their code to make it parse right, and CPerl mode does not,
this suggests CPerl mode should be the default, and Perl mode should
be maintained specifically for those files that are written for it.