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Add note about why "Perl 6"
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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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