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I was upset when I knew that Perl 6 is a different language and not compatible with Perl and have the similar name
This has been discussed ad nauseam over the past ten years or so. Many folks have argued that Perl 6 should have a different name. However, Larry has not been persuaded. The clearest response from Larry that I am aware of was posted here:

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Re^2: Would you suggest alternative names for Perl 6?
by Jenda (Abbot) on Dec 06, 2014 at 17:03 UTC

    It's kinda funny. It was supposed to skip 20 years and it has already taken more than 10 years doing so. Well, more than ten, the design process started in 2000 so it's almost fourteen years and counting.

    And without the intermediate steps, gradual improvements and design tests and with dead ends that are still waiting to be found.

    Jenda
    Enoch was right!
    Enjoy the last years of Rome.

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