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by condercet 2486 days ago
Yes, perl6 does a lot of things right. It's a great language and ecosystem that deserves more adoption.

But all the things the parent comment listed, particularly branding, are in my mind part of developer ergonomics. And there is room for improvement. They wouldn't be talking about renaming the language if this wasn't the case.

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Yup, definitely agree a rename is in order. I tell people, "You must try perl 6" and they go "Oh, I tried that long time ago in the 90s". They just don't here the "6" after the perl.