Perl 6 to be renamed?

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Re: Perl 6 to be renamed? by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 12, 2019 at 18:39 UTC
See maybe the PerlCon 2019 Live Stream. liz held the keynote for the second day. I think there is a ticket somewhere in some bug tracker on renaming Perl 6, but I can't find it at the moment.	[reply]
Re^2: Perl 6 to be renamed? (updated) by haukex (Archbishop) on Aug 12, 2019 at 18:58 UTC
I think there is a ticket somewhere in some bug tracker on renaming Perl 6, but I can't find it at the moment. It's here: "Perl" in the name "Perl 6" is confusing and irritating. Note the comment further down by TheDamian (GitHub user "thoughtstream") regarding the "Raku" name. And just today I ran across a post somewhere (I can't find it right now) arguing in favor of keeping the Perl 6 name. So I think basically it's still in discussion. Of course, the language might just end up being named "Whatever" `;-)` Update: liz starts talking about it at this point in the talk. Update 2: The discussion is also in this pull request.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl 6 to be renamed? by QM (Parson) on Aug 13, 2019 at 10:23 UTC
Here's my fav reason to rename it, stolen from TheDamian: It has a more subtle association with the Perl community’s signature camelids: “raku-da” is Japanese for “camel”. -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply]
Re^3: Perl 6 to be renamed? by jdporter (Paladin) on Aug 21, 2019 at 16:06 UTC
Again, because I can't comment in the discussion itself... Also, Camelia, with the “C” and the “ML” in the name could confuse someone into thinking that’s its a language of the ML family like Ocaml. Um... Isn't it? ;-)	[reply]
Re^4: Perl 6 to be renamed? by jdporter (Paladin) on Aug 21, 2019 at 16:26 UTC
Re^3: Perl 6 to be renamed? by Jenda (Abbot) on Aug 18, 2019 at 21:51 UTC
Frankly, a language that only about fifty (and here I'm most likely being too nice) people care about may be called anything at all. It doesn't matter at all. Jenda 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a manual!	[reply]
Re^4: Perl 6 to be renamed? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Aug 18, 2019 at 23:18 UTC
Re^5: Perl 6 to be renamed? by Jenda (Abbot) on Aug 19, 2019 at 12:56 UTC
Re^5: Perl 6 to be renamed? by bliako (Abbot) on Aug 19, 2019 at 22:55 UTC
Re^5: Perl 6 to be renamed? by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Aug 19, 2019 at 11:26 UTC
Re^5: Perl 6 to be renamed? by 1nickt (Canon) on Aug 19, 2019 at 12:00 UTC
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Re: Perl 6 to be renamed? by 1nickt (Canon) on Aug 15, 2019 at 16:32 UTC
Happily this all seems to be moving along apace. And that's all I can find words to say at this moment. liz right now in the Raku PR: > The name "Perl" is very important for the Perl 5 community. The moment the "sister language" meme was accepted, "Perl 6" effectively became a squatter on the name "Perl". This name change is very much about mending the "Perl Community" ... The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply]
Re: Perl 6 to be renamed? by wazoox (Prior) on Aug 30, 2019 at 16:42 UTC
Ovid made a nice blog post about this.	[reply]
Re^2: Perl 6 to be renamed? by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 30, 2019 at 20:30 UTC
Associated discussion here.	[reply]
Re: Perl 6 to be renamed? by 1nickt (Canon) on Aug 13, 2019 at 14:22 UTC
P R A I S E B E !! Thank you to dave_the_m, TonyC, RJBS, SawyerX, p5p and people like Dave Cross, NeilB and a thousand others whose quiet, determined, forward-moving work has kept making Perl more brilliant while this dark cloud of confusion hung over us all, and has positioned it so well to soar now that the cuckoos have left. What an exciting time to be a Perl developer! The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply]
Re^2: Perl 6 to be renamed? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 13, 2019 at 15:48 UTC
now that the cuckoos have left. just cant help yerself with the unnecessary insults, can ya?	[reply]
Re^3: Perl 6 to be renamed? by 1nickt (Canon) on Aug 13, 2019 at 17:17 UTC
There's not enough rain in a monsoon to spoil this parade :-) The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply]
Re^4: Perl 6 to be renamed? by jdporter (Paladin) on Aug 21, 2019 at 16:29 UTC
Re^5: Perl 6 to be renamed? by Jenda (Abbot) on Aug 23, 2019 at 08:14 UTC
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Re^5: Perl 6 to be renamed? by 1nickt (Canon) on Aug 22, 2019 at 15:45 UTC
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Re^2: Perl 6 to be renamed? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 13, 2019 at 15:56 UTC
While it's nice for P5P to get some recognition, this is not the way to go about it.	[reply]