Perl 6 should definitely be renamed so that Perl 5 can just be Perl. An easy way to see this is to simply look at the mascot for each language. Perl_5 => Hump

Perl 6 should definitely be renamed so that Perl 5 can just be Perl. An easy way to see this is to simply look at the mascot for each language. Perl_5 => Humphrey the Camel (See https://www.perl.org/ https://www.perl.org/) (I am not sure if the camel actually has a name, so Humphrey seems like a good name for a camel mascot.) Perl_6 => Camelia the Butterfly (See https://perl6.org/ https://perl6.org/) They are very different and the languages are too, so why should the languages both be called "Perl X" ?