in reply to Re^10: The Future of Perl 5
in thread The Future of Perl 5

I agree so far, but

> In the short term, having a not-quite-ready interpreter branded as the successor for Perl 5 does seem like it may have done some damage to Perl's marketability, but in the long term, the Perl 6 effort is necessary for Perl's survival.

This could have easily been solved by branding "Perl 6" something like "Perl++"*

A classic example of Osborning.

(DISCLAIMER: This is no excuse whatsoever for Perl6 bashing!)

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

*) I was told in Riga/2011 that it's too late to rename. Just imagine ...

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Re^12: The Future of Perl 5
by tobyink (Canon) on Aug 27, 2018 at 19:47 UTC

    Or using "Perl++" as a working title until crowning it as "Perl 6" once it was stable enough for production use.

    (Or maybe "Perl 7" if it was taking a long time and an intermediate major version bump was needed.)

    toby döt ink
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      Sadly the name Perl is burned now, many already role eyes before you reached pronouncing the R.

      A commercial product would have already rebranded to a new "hypable" name.

      But yeah let's upgrade the next 5 to Se7en , Kevin Spacey should be affordable for a campaign now. ;)

      And if YAPC can be called TPC, why not 6 also ++ in parallel?

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
      Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

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        What don't people understand about software that's so perfect in what it does by the 5th version it doesn't require the constant update cycle imposed by lesser developers?

        Perl isn't a commercial product so why keep comparing it to one? Perl 5 can last forever because it is: Free! You may be talking to the wrong people if Perl rolls their eyes.

        Think of it this way: Every day that passes increases the power of Perl. CPAN grows and grows. Talented people like you should be confidently writing The Future of Perl in code rather than worrying about it on a node. Just do it!

        Not that marketing isn't important but I think some of your concern may be misplaced because it doesn't seem like Perl 5 will or should ever officially increment. It's a done deal. Like a gem extracted from some mollusk.

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