News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku. Parent comment

Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by pvaldes on Saturday October 12, 2019 @03:23PM (#21235573)
> If something affects the adoption by 1M users, and another is only a concern for 100 weirdos, the second is not exactly a major issue to focus on...

noun: weirdo;

1) a person whose dress or behaviour seems strange or eccentric.

Yep, weirdos will never ever have any influence on Perl development or Perl community.

https://www.ecured.cu/Larry_Wall#/media/File:Imagen_Larry_Wa...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku by b2gills on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @02:52AM (#21267749)
He has long hair now, which is often under a cowboy hat. He of course still wears hawaiian shirts.
[ Parent | on HN ]