Raku Perl 6 'Diwali' 6.d Language Specification Release
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> Larry Wall has created a second name for the language, an alias or a "stage name" if you will. That name is "Raku". It can be used interchangeably with the original "Perl 6" name or even be combined with it to form "Raku Perl 6". Pick the one that works the best for you and use it consistently.
So it used to be 6.c for "Christmas", now it's "6.d" for "Diwali", it used to be "Rakudo Perl 6", now it's "Raku Perl 6". At this point I have to ask, are they trolling?
Nope. You are just underinformed or confused. There are several names because they are for several things; mind that there is a distinction between language spec and implementation, just like with C, C++ and numerous others.
① https://perl6.org/specification/
6.c and 6.d are version numbers for the language specification, for which exist several implementations. The version numbers are used by computers and humans. Christmas and Diwali are nicknames for the version numbers, used by humans.
② https://rakudo.org/ https://perl6.org/compilers/features
Rakudo is the name of the prime implementation.
Raku is an alias blessed by Larry for the language. It was motivated by https://rakudo.party/post/A-Request-to-Larry-Wall-to-Create-...