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Subsequent language revisions are planned for release on a roughly yearly cycle. |
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==Hey! What happened to Perl 6?== |
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When Perl 6 was conceived, it was intended to be a replacement for Perl 5. (The next version, if you will) As time went on, it became obvious that Perl 5 wasn't going anywhere, and Perl 6 wasn't going to be a drop in replacement for it. Having both languages named Perl led to much confusion outside of the community and much bickering and contention inside. To try to give both languages room to grow, it was decided to rename Perl 6. As of October 2019, "Perl 6" was officially (well, as officially as a volunteer led, open source project can be...) renamed to "Raku". |
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| ⚫ | Since the old name has been in use for many years, it will take some time for the new designation to propagate widely. Expect to see both names in use for some time, but understand that they refer to exactly the same underlying idea. As of March 14, 2020 all of the Perl 6 task entries on Rosetta code have been updated to Raku. There are still many mentions of Perl 6 throughout the site throughout the site and likely will be for the foreseeable future. |
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Probably where you want to go is over to the [[:Category:Raku|Raku Page]]. |
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