Maybe they're out playing Perl Golf.

Reports of CS AP's death have been greatly exaggerated.

Only the harder AB is being eliminated. The easy A (no pun intended) will remain.

When I took CS AP 21 years ago, there was only one CS AP test, and it had Pascal.

There were two Calculus tests, AB and BC. This CS change would be analogous to eliminating the harder Calculus BC, but keeping the AB.

It represents a dumbing down.

There is a general rule guiding almost any human activity--be moderate. An overdose of Internet surfing, gaming, TV, drinking, etc is very unhealthy. A healthy lifestyle may include any of the above including alcohol, as long as it is not abused. Internet addiction may be far more damaging to your health than alcohol -- it's all about being temperate.