Note that the suggestion to release the next version of Perl 5 as Perl 7 is a part of a wider discussion the Perl folks are having about branding: http://shado

Note that the suggestion to release the next version of Perl 5 as Perl 7 is a part of a wider discussion the Perl folks are having about branding: http://shadow.cat/blog/matt-s-trout/names-and-numbers/ http://shadow.cat/blog/matt-s-trout/names-and-numbers/ Plus many more posts by Matt, chromatic, David Golden, and Ovid.