There has been some discussion about whether Perl6 was mis-named.
I thought that that was a silly discussion not worth getting involved in. It's quite obviously Perl in some form.
The argument, if I understand it, is that Perl6 "sounds like" a version increment from Perl 5. This violates the principle of least surprise.
OK, I can understand that. In that sense it would be mis-named. But then what do you CALL it? I haven't seen any suggestions.
So I'll suggest one based on the compiler used for it. Call it Rakudo. At least until a better name is thunk up.
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