Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Is Perl6 really Perl?

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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