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From:
Green, Paul
Date:
February 6, 2013 18:03
Subject:
RE: Perl 7 or Perl 2013?
Message ID:
5AA430FFE4486C448003201AC83BC85E03A3850C@EXHQ.corp.stratus.com
I've been lurking on this list a long time and I sympathize with issue
of perception. I don't believe that the perception of "no change" is the
worst of perl's problems with adoption, but I do think it may be the
easiest issue to fix.
There is industry precedent for dropping the leading digit; Sun
Microsystems went down this path with Java. IIRC, instead of Java 1.6,
they called it Java 6. I believe that internally, it is still called
1.6. Firefox is burning up their version numbers rather rapidly. That
seems to be the current paradigm.
So I side with the folks that suggested that Perl 5.N simply be called
Perl N. But I would not apply this change retroactively. I'd pick a
future release, and start there. I'd also leave the internal version
numbering system alone, due to all of the interactions that depend upon
it.
So yes, this change amounts to better marketing. That's worthwhile, in
my view.
PG
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