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As someone that uses Perl daily I totally agree with you. The name not only is bad for newcomers but also for Perl itself. Perl 5.0.0 was released in 1994 (!),
by chaosfox 11y ago
As someone that uses Perl daily I totally agree with you.
The name not only is bad for newcomers but also for Perl itself. Perl 5.0.0 was released in 1994 (!), today's Perl 5.20 is miles ahead but we can't bump the version because it would only make things even more confusing..