> I thought the point of the rename was Perl 5 can now release Perl 6
I think that would only add to the confusion, since Perl 6 was already a thing, albeit totally different from Perl 5
I think that would only add to the confusion, since Perl 6 was already a thing, albeit totally different from Perl 5
The current numbering scheme uses odd minor version numbers for development versions and even for stable, just like Linux used to, until Linus got fed up with 2.6 after 8 years. Now it gets a bump whenever the minor version sticks too much.
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
PHP 6 was thrown away never to be seen from again, because it was seen as bad.
Perl 6 was renamed because both Perl 5 and Perl 6 are significantly different active languages.
If Perl went to 7 it could indicate to some that 6 was bad in the same way. That is it would trade one confusion for another.
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If Perl truly wants to go beyond 5, it should make a major step.
Either by going to the subversion (32), or the year (2020).