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= head1 Meta Questions and Advocacy
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+ = head2 Why is Perl 6 called Perl?
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+ … As opposed to some other name that didn't imply all the things
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+ that the higher number might indicate on other languages.
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+ The short answer is that it was Larry's choice under
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+ L < Rule 1|http://perldoc.perl.org/5.12.4/perlhack.html#DESCRIPTION > .
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+ The community considers Perl 5 and Perl 6 sister languages - they have
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+ a lot in common, address many of the same problem spaces, but Perl 6 is not
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+ intended to replace Perl 5. In fact, both languages interoperate with
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+ each other.
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= head2 When will Perl 6 be ready? Is it ready now?
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Readiness of programming languages and their compilers is not a binary
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introspectiveness
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