Thanks for the summary of the high points, as there were a large number of low points in previous discussions.
Roku is not the only reading for 六 in Japanese, the kun reading is muttsu. So we could become Mupperl. What's the counter word for computer languages, anyway? On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 12:15 PM, Aaron Sherman <a...@ajs.com> wrote: > I think this is a fine place, personally. Past discussions have included > these high points as I recall them: > > > 1. Perl is definitely the family name > 2. Rakudo started out as the name of an implementation, but started to > wander into being the name of the specific leaf in the family tree > 3. Problem is that that leaves us uncertain of the status of > non-Rakudo-the-implementation implementations. Are they now Rakudo too? > That's confusing at best. > > > IMHO, 6 has always been the personal name, but it could be changed to > something that's "sixish" without being an explicit number. Normally, I'd > recommend Latin, but Perl Sex is probably not where anyone wants to go... > Roku is Japanese, but also the name of a popular device, and thus > confusing... > > > > > > > -- > Aaron Sherman, M.: > P: 617-440-4332 <(617)%20440-4332> // E: a...@ajs.com > Toolsmith, developer, gamer and life-long student. > > On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 10:41 AM, yary <not....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I recall coming across a post saying the Perl6 name is up for discussion >> - searched & found this post now https://6lang.party/post/The-H >> ot-New-Language-Named-Rakudo describes it. Is there a forum where the >> name's being discussed that I can read? >> >> Woke up this morning with a name proposal that seemed to have a lot going >> for it, but from that post it seems Lizmat et al have a good choice already >> & I don't want to add to bikeshedding... wondering what the thinking is >> right now. >> >> -y >> > >
