In short: Larry started it by quoting Lord of the Rings, later release managers rolled with it. They aren't necessarily reflective on the release or current iss

In short: Larry started it by quoting Lord of the Rings, later release managers rolled with it. They aren't necessarily reflective on the release or current issues, but mostly there because the release manager felt like it. For more detail: http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/Porting/epigraphs.pod http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/Porting/epigra...