Re: Last best chance to alias "Perl6" ?

[haukex]

Note: The article's title is "A Request to Larry Wall to Create a Language Name Alias for Perl 6", and the first paragraph says:

This name is not a rename of the language, but is simply an alternative name, an alias. Similar to how TimToady is an alias for Larry Wall.

And it includes a link to what Larry Wall had to say about a similar question, which is that an alias is a possibility - that video appears to be the motivation for the article in the first place. The way I read the article, it's just asking Larry to pick a name.

I know this may seem nitpicky, but note this quote from the video:

... whether it's Perl 5 or Perl 6, that is really the name of the whole culture, and it's why we're all here together.

[1nickt]

Yes, that's why I said "de facto" rename ... since it's clear that Zoffix' goal is to end use of the name "Perl 6" in order to disambiguate between what he states clearly are two different languages.

I'm glad that "Perl6" boosters are finally acknowledging that fact in public, up to and including Larry Wall. But Larry's contention that there's a single culture incorporating Perl and "Perl6" is just clinging to a long-discredited fantasy.

[haukex]

Larry's contention that there's a single culture incorporating Perl and "Perl6" is just clinging to a long-discredited fantasy.

I'm not sure why you make that assertion? Anyway, it seems to me like your feelings on this topic might be a lot stronger than mine.

By the way, in case you haven't been to a Perl Conference yet or recently, I can very much recommend it - I went to my second one this year and it was great!