[nudq]

> a linguist (with some understanding of development)

Your wish has been granted: Larry Wall, Perl 6.

[lizmat]

Please note that Perl 6 has been renamed to Raku (https://raku.org using the #rakulang tag on social media).

[rbonvall]

And, for that matter, Perls 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

https://perldoc.perl.org/perlhist.html#INTRODUCTION