Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku

Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by kizer on Friday October 11, 2019 @05:22PM (#21228599)

Is that from the Bible?

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Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by giancarlostoro on Friday October 11, 2019 @05:44PM (#21228775)

Does not sound like anything from the Bible I have ever read. Theres other commentary on this HN post about the many meanings of the name though.

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Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by Grinnz on Saturday October 12, 2019 @01:04AM (#21230804)

I think the comment was asking about the quote in the linked comment, not the name (which was chosen as an alias many months ago).

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Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by vgetr on Friday October 11, 2019 @09:48PM (#21230024)

It is - the book of Matthew, specifically.

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Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by giancarlostoro on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:10AM (#21230615)

You're thinking of "Raca" from Matthew, it wouldn't make sense for him to call it based on that verse though since it's not a pleasant word. Jesus specifically says not to call your brother Raca. Why would he call his language that...

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Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by jdporter on Friday October 11, 2019 @09:35PM (#21229958)

Of course it's from the Bible -- as a quick google would have told you. It's Mark 2:21-22.

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Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by giancarlostoro on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:12AM (#21230624)

That's "rhakos" and doesn't explain it well since this comes from "Rakudo", but Rhakos means torn off cloth according to Strong's Greek concordance. I guess it fits though.

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Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by kizer on Friday October 11, 2019 @05:24PM (#21228609)

I know he’s a man of faith as they say. No judgement of any kind intended.

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