Perl Version Metaphysics

Perl Version Name	# of Letters in Name	Major Version #	Multiplier	product of multiplier and major version

camel	5	5	4	20
rakudo	6	6	2	12
			1	2012

From the multiplicity of four, we move to 2 and eventually to unity as 1 in the year 2012.

The mantra of every experienced web application developer is the same: thou shalt separate business logic from display. Ironically, almost all template engines allow violation of this separation principle, which is the very impetus for HTML template engine development.

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Re: Perl Version Metaphysics by Utilitarian (Vicar) on Aug 08, 2010 at 21:37 UTC
Ahh numerology, the truthiest of faiths ;) I suspect that the two will always be separate, however `use v6;` may be a useful option by somewhere around then `print "Good ",qw(night morning afternoon evening)[(localtime)[2]/6]," fellow monks."`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Perl Version Metaphysics by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Aug 09, 2010 at 13:29 UTC
Hmmm... “Camel” is obviously a reference to “Armageddon,” while “rakudo” means “paradise.” One is a ten-letter word, the other eight. 8 + 10 = 18, and 8 - 1 = 7, which is a perfect number. Ommmmmm.... In other words, the next best thing to happen to the computer industry since “Y2K!” `:-D`
Re: Perl Version Metaphysics by Burak (Chaplain) on Aug 10, 2010 at 12:48 UTC
Aah, that's interesting :) We have a local politician who explained the foundation date of his party with weird mathematics like the one above and it became an internet meme immediately :) Anyway, we'll see whether you're right :)	[reply]