Re^3: Perl OOP

[Arunbear]

When was the last time anywhere you found someone confused about the two?

How about Do i need really to update perl 5 to perl 6? or Should I learn perl 5 in 2015?

That confusion is part of the reason so many people argue that Perl6 is misnamed i.e. the confusion is quite real.

There's even a Frequently Asked Question: Why is Perl 6 called Perl?

[tobyink]

You just need to stop thinking about Perl 5 and Perl 6 as being like versions, and start thinking of them as being like sequels.

When Star Trek 6 came out, it didn't mean everybody was supposed to stop watching Star Trek 5.

[Arunbear]

Most people outside the Perl community won't do that though (and it contradicts the intuition of how software versioning works).

As for Star Trek 5, I remember being utterly disappointed by it as were many others. So yes everybody should stop watching it :)