On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 03:35:22PM -0700, Chris Nandor wrote: > At 17:32 -0500 2005.10.13, Peter da Silva wrote: > >> Please. That is not perl. It is a new language based on perl, called > >> perl6, where 6 is not a version number but part of the name. > > > >That's nothing. The only thing in common betwen smail and smail3 was the > >five shared letters in the name. > > > >I have a hate for people who implement a new program and pretend it's a new > >version of an old one. > > On this, we agree! > > Maybe we can lobby Larry to change the name; has anyone tried this yet?
It has been suggested, yes. I think Larry prefers 'perl6' above anything else. Abigail
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