Perl 6 wasn't "a bit late" - the path forward meandered for years, so the point even diehard perl fans (me, at the time) questioned whether it could/would ever

Perl 6 wasn't "a bit late" - the path forward meandered for years, so the point even diehard perl fans (me, at the time) questioned whether it could/would ever happen. And as pointed out down thread, the branding completely changed at least once or twice along the way, to the point perl fans of 20 years ago don't even know "perl 6" became something else today.