Holy Decrees

Alternatively, decide that you can't beat The Man, man.
Reasoning: life is best if the system says "it's okay to use Perl".
So you apply top-down pressure: talk to CTOs.
This is often best done by outsiders, as your management hates you going over their heads.
You're trying to engineer a revolution.
Very hard to do, but dramatic results.
Eric Raymond is now trying this.
This is more general--not specific to a particular project.

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