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in reply to Re^2: Can a new name or version number change the way Perl is perceived?
in thread Can a new name or version number change the way Perl is perceived?

#!/usr/bin/pumpkin could work if done shiny enough, like all rebrandings

And by competent marketing manager, not programmers

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Re^4: Can a new name or version number change the way Perl is perceived?
by ww (Archbishop) on Feb 15, 2013 at 18:01 UTC
    "competent marketing manager"

    It might work in those circumstances, assuming there's ALSO sufficient advancement from the the last-previous 5.0nn to minimize/discredit reactions such as "same old, same old; just new marketing!"


    If you didn't program your executable by toggling in binary, it wasn't really programming!