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One 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-
by darrenf 8y ago
One 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.