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in thread It has been suggested to rename Perl 6 in order to boost its marketing potential. Which name would you prefer?

> Perl 5 keep the odd numbers, and Perl 6 the even ones ...

LOL

Actually using the Complex space and renaming Perl6 to Perl6i would indeed solve the ambiguity.

And even the haters would be pleased since i denotes Imaginary numbers ... ;D

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

PS: Disturbingly we could also denote compatibility levels now like 5+6i ...

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Re^3: It has been suggested to rename Perl 6 in order to boost its marketing potential. Which name would you prefer? (Perl6i)
by hippo (Bishop) on Jul 05, 2018 at 15:54 UTC
    PS: Disturbingly we could also denote compatibility levels now like 5+6i ...

    Nah, too complex.