Re^3: Last best chance to rename "Perl6" ?

As Jenda hinted, the main reason for p5p (who else?) to release version 7 of Perl is to end the impression that "Perl6" is a newer version of Perl than the current 5.x one.

They wouldn't have to add a single feature or solve a single issue for that to be a win.

They could do it in place of 5.30 and that would be that.

And it's hardly a dead horse when the leading "Perl6" promoter begs Larry Wall to endorse it.)

The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

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Re^4: Last best chance to rename "Perl6" ? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Oct 18, 2018 at 06:14 UTC
…I don’t see this confusion in the marketplace, only an increased interest in the language by name and the actual language which I agree is still Perl5; that’s the only conclusion anyone comes to right now. It’s a dead horse here on PM without a meaningful audience. Rename could be great; I’m not even sure at this point. It’s mostly up to TimToady. Perl7… that’s its own can of worms and without a major new feature or two I think it would be seen as confusing, scary (oh, we’re not sure our code will be compatible with 7!), or a shallow marketing ploy and do more harm than good. Update: I was glad you posted the item and generally agree. I didn’t mean to sound otherwise; just wasn’t happy to see the thread revived.	[reply]
Re^5: Last best chance to rename "Perl6" ? by Jenda (Abbot) on Nov 28, 2018 at 10:22 UTC
Yes, releasing Perl as Perl 7 without renaming the failed experiment at yet another end-all-be-all language would indeed be confusing, scary and pointless and it would help nothing without updating pages with information about that ugly overdesigned overcomplicated behemoth with the new name so that they do not come up in searches for "perl" and confuse the heck out of people with incompatible syntax. The only thing that makes any kind of sense is a public announcement that "Hey, guys, we tried to create a new version, but ended up creating a new language. Lets fix the fsck up, give the new language its own proper, separately searchable, name, skip a version and go forward." Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply]
Re^6: Last best chance to rename "Perl6" ? by Anonymous Monk on Nov 28, 2018 at 10:39 UTC
yeah, beating the dead horse is really helping everyone, thanks	[reply]