Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl!

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Re: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by LanX (Saint) on Mar 22, 2024 at 23:45 UTC
Wasn't the latest name of Perl 6 "rewritten" to Raku to avoid Perl's bad reputation? Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^2: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Mar 23, 2024 at 02:06 UTC
LanX, given the brand new O'Reilly book in the photo appears to be Perl 6 Essentials (published June 2003), I suspect EvanCarroll accidentally made his post ten days too early. Update: Perl 6 Essentials (books.google.com link) 👁️🍾👍🦟	[reply]
Re^3: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 23, 2024 at 02:15 UTC
There was a substantial discussion about this, not long ago, when the giveaway was being planned. I thought it was here (on perlmonks) but I can't find the discussion now...	[reply]
Re^4: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 23, 2024 at 16:18 UTC
Re^5: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Mar 24, 2024 at 05:38 UTC
Re^3: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! (Troll) by LanX (Saint) on Mar 23, 2024 at 02:37 UTC
Given that over one third of EvanCarroll's posts here have a negative rep, I suppose you're right, and "fooling" is part of the concept. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^3: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by EvanCarroll (Chaplain) on Mar 23, 2024 at 16:25 UTC
Someone else had a similar response, so I've learned something. Next time I'll wait until the week after April Fools. However, I'm not joking. I really did give away this book, and Colby really did win it. Evan Carroll The most respected person in the whole perl community. www.evancarroll.com	[reply]
Re^2: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by Jenda (Abbot) on Mar 25, 2024 at 15:10 UTC
No, it was renamed, way way way too late, to stop tainting Perl's reputation. About 14 years too late. Maybe more. That ... thing should never have been assigned a version. It should have been a project with its own codename right from the start. :-((( Jenda 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a manual!	[reply]
Re^3: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by LanX (Saint) on Mar 25, 2024 at 21:55 UTC
Better don't feed! I was just trolling back. :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]