How about frtn? That represents the number of years since announce to the first release becoming available. That said, perhaps the Fortran folk might get a bit pissed :)

Meh, just making fun of a convoluted situation. Personally, I have no investment either way. I've dabbled with perl6 here and there a bit, but not to the point I've created anything of value with it. In other words, I don't mind observing questions on the topic, but at this time, I'm too busy to delve any further into it.

I did notice when I have played with it that the start up time was abysmal (relative to perl5). I write a lot of software that is very long running, which makes startup time irrelevant. However, most Perl users/writers I know are wanting/writing scripts that don't loop forever and simply perform a few tasks which demand quick start up time. Has the VM layer startup time been improved?

In reply to Re^3: Last best chance to rename "Perl6" ? by stevieb
in thread Last best chance to rename "Perl6" ? by 1nickt

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