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Perl 6 is still alive?


Its called Raku now, as the language differences in the experimental Perl 6 were enough to warrent it being spun off as a separate project. Perl 5 is still getting updates for quality of life improvements


It’s called Raku



I like it, all languages should have an official silly little guy.


They should get a new one. The P 6 in the wings relates back to an association that they're explicitly trying to move away from. Ie. the whole justification of the rename to Roku in the first place.


That thing is an abomination.

I remember when it was proposed and I thought it was a joke.


That's why they choose this logo for it.


Yeah and their logo is funny looking too


One of the worst logos out there...




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