Re^6: Perl 6 to be renamed?

There is no "Perl6". Read the news.

Did I miss something? The latest I read was that they were considering adding an "alias" to the branding (essentially)... but not abandoning the "Perl 6" name. So the outward marketing can be more sane, while the unpleasantness within the community can continue raging.

Now, if you're referring to the fact that @lwall has declaimed very clearly that the name is "Perl 6, with a space" and not "Perl6", then yes... but that's not news.

I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon stuffed with 16,000 zombies.

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Re^7: Perl 6 to be renamed? by haukex (Chancellor) on Aug 20, 2019 at 15:23 UTC
The latest I read was that they were considering adding an "alias" to the branding No, this time around what is being discussed is a full rename.	[reply]
Re^8: Perl 6 to be renamed? by jdporter (Canon) on Aug 20, 2019 at 19:11 UTC
Thanks. Interesting discussion going on right at this moment! I can't comment in that discussion, but if I could, I'd offer the observation that "ofun" has this possible drawback in terms of marketability: It invites haters to say that the language is zero fun!	[reply]
Re^9: Perl 6 to be renamed? by marto (Archbishop) on Aug 20, 2019 at 19:41 UTC
Zero fun should only be released when there are Zarro Boogs :p	[reply]
Re^7: Perl 6 to be renamed? by 1nickt (Abbot) on Aug 21, 2019 at 03:28 UTC
`lwall` gave up finally and it turned out most of the Rakudists had been waiting for the moment as much as we had. Liz on Raku having for years been 'a squatter on the name "Perl" ... I'll let you know when I get an apology. The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply] [d/l]


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