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I will never understand why it was not possible to leave Perl5 as Perl and call Perl6 something else, maybe 'Butterfly'. They share very little except their cre
by okket 8y ago
I will never understand why it was not possible to leave Perl5 as Perl and call Perl6 something else, maybe 'Butterfly'. They share very little except their creator.
- darrenf 8y agoOne of the most active Perl 6 contributors made a repeat plea to Larry on the topic of its name just the other day: https://perl6.party/post/A-Request-to-Larry-Wall-to-Create-a-Language-Name-Alias-for-Perl-6 https://perl6.party/post/A-Request-to-Larry-Wall-to-Create-a...
- claydavisss 8y agoAnd it has been mostly rejected by everyone else, just like the first time it was made. This is a silly debate but I suppose Zoffix has contributed enough awesome code to buy himself some credit. In any case, it is Perl6 and changing the name now would be an even bigger mistake.
- rrauenza 8y agoLarry was just discussing this with my wife (the official(?) Perl poet) yesterday. His wife and my wife didn't like the name he proposed. I kinda liked it. I don't feel at liberty to disclose the name, but it might be in the recent irc logs.
- tyingq 8y agoI'd have called it Amber. A natural gemstone, as is a pearl, but takes a lot longer to form :)
- cygx 8y agoThe same reason the spiritual successor to Modula was named Modula-2 by Wirth.