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?

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.

Because the world is turning.

Floppy disks yesterday, mobiles today, brain implants tomorrow ...

There is nothing like perfect software because the hardware (aka universe) is evolving.

Cheers Rolf
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