[cgh]

> Calling it Raku is a chance to get what the Perl 6 team actually did out into the world without the stench of death following it.

"Raku" = "cancer" in Polish. Not a lot of Polish enthusiasm forthcoming, I'd imagine.

[techcode]

I'd imagine that chances are high that whatever name you pick for something in one language - there would be another language in this world in which same or similar word means bad/offensive thing.

[janeroe]

And not just Polish, most (if not all) Slavic languages. What a perfect name indeed.

[Merg]

No it is not. "Rak" is both cancer and crayfish in Polish.