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If you look at the most upvoted distributions on CPAN, you'll find a lot of them are "creatively" named, by which I mean they don't have names which describe their purpose. In the top ten, for example, there's "Mojolicious", "Moose", "Moo", and "Plack".

Kavorka has more upvotes than Method::Signatures::Simple and MooseX::Method::Signatures and almost as many as Method::Signatures.

Moops has more upvotes than MooseX::Declare, Object::Pad, Dios and any other similar module.

Zydeco is only a few months old, but I hope it will eventually replace both of those.

I do think that having a memorable one-component name can be a good marketing tool for a module.

toby döt ink
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by LanX (Saint) on Jul 29, 2020 at 11:39 UTC
    It's up to you, I'm only trying to help.

    I can only tell, that I find remembering words like "Kavorka" and "Zydeco" hard, probably because of the distant cultural references and missing mnemonics. (I know the words "mojo" and "delicious" and can recombine them.)

    I once gave a talk about sub signatures (I think it was in Amsterdam) and did intensive search for dozens of related modules and was very surprised when I was asked about Kavorka.

    I had to ask multiple times how it's pronounced and spelled.

    The names are unique and original, I have to admit! :)

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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      I have thought for a while of bundling Z.pm, z.pm, Zy.pm, or zy.pm (haven't decided which) as a quick alias, mostly for one-liners.

      toby döt ink
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      not unless you are a latvian orthodox nun. Admittedly, woody allen omitted very little from his magnum opus "all you wanted to know about ...". Seinfeld, a fellow Brooklynite, was quick enough to spot the missing entries and fill the gaps. A P.S. for the prudish monk: garlick cures it. I vote perl7 be named Kavorka. I wouldn't mind put that in my CV. "I have worked with Kavorka." Or "I have worked in a Kavorka environment", "I have been playing with Kavorka", "I have been developing with Kavorka all my life", "I am an avid Kavorka user but apparently nobody appreciates my skills", "I can work remotely with Kavorka" or ... "I am the product of Kavorka. Nobody wants to use me.". I also have a sneak suspicion that Acrobat was intented as an anagram for Kavorka. And see how that ruled the world. Anyway, back to the garlick bath.

      Edit: to clear misunderstanding, I love the name. Also Zydeco. I first heard that music in the soundtrack of "Southern Comfort" film and loved it.

      bw, bliako

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        That's totally wrong.

        Latvians used to be protestant (before Stalin) ... ;P

        Cheers Rolf
        (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
        Wikisyntax for the Monastery

        PS: I'll start naming modules after Polish Sci Fi characters and Arabian politicians.

        PPS: ... and lingerie brands.

        "Victoria::Secret has a Saddam.pm dependency when subclassing Pilot::Pirx"

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