On Thu 16 Jul 2020 at 15:27:06 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > William Michels wrote: > > I've slowly been learning the Raku programming language (AKA Perl6), and > > Please don't call it that. Perl 1-5 have a clear relationship, and that > relationship continues in Perl 7 and subsequent versions. Raku should > not be referred to as a Perl, even though it was for many years. > > Raku is a new lineage.
Thank you, William. I would not have known what you were talking about without the AKA. Surely we're not obliged to write "the language formerly known as Perl6". IIUC the name Raku isn't yet a year old. I lost interest in Perl around the time of Perl4→5, so I had no idea that that's what became of Perl6. I remember it being talked about when I retired, and stopped reading the computing press. I guess Perl7 is at about the same stage, still over the horizon. Cheers, David.
