[Catalyst] Remove .pl from scripts?

[Jules Bean]

Christopher H. Laco wrote:
> #1. Many editors base their syntax highlighting and editing rules on
> file extensions on the file extension. Whether you should or shouldn't
> get editing those files is irrelevant.

Fix your editor. Or use a better one. This is the 21st century you know.

> #2. Windows hates to run files without file extensions, They may or may
> not be an issue. Windows cones with catalyst.bat, which runs when you
> type C:> catalyst MyApp.  IF the perl script were named the same thing,
> that may not work. Windows people would be forced to always doing perl
> catalyst.pl.

No comment. I have no idea. If this is really a problem then that could 
be a valid reason.


> #3. Unless there is some intention of these scripts changing to say
> bash, oy pything, or something else that could be specified in the
> shebang, there's not reason to make it an ambigous file name.

I find nothing 'ambiguous' about the name without the .pl.

Jules