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• Commented on A Request to Larry Wall to Create a Language Name Alias for Perl 6
  I fully support what you say here Zoffix. And Larry, you have given us so much - thank you - but please, one more thing......
• Commented on The Perl Learning Environment
  I think it is good to teach the use of tools to install CPAN modules. May I suggest that when doing this you set it up so that an install fails due to some missing pre-requisite, explain how to decode...
• Commented on My $0.02 on strict and the community
  When was strict first introduced?...
• Commented on CPAN modules for parsing User-Agent strings
  Thank you for this comprehensive and well-written review, I have found it most useful. You may have set a standard here....

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• educated_foo commented on The Perl Learning Environment

  There are a bunch of Perl REPLs, from perl -de0 to things requiring lots of Moose silliness. Have you tried using one of them?

• Aristotle commented on CPAN modules for parsing User-Agent strings

  Any chance you’ll revisit this to include HTTP::UA::Parser in the line-up?

• Neil Bowers commented on CPAN modules for parsing User-Agent strings

  Aristotle: definitely. I'm working on a new review at the moment, but then plan to do updates, as a number of my reviews have modules that need adding. You could +1 my play-perl quest for this :-)

• sowhat commented on A Request to Larry Wall to Create a Language Name Alias for Perl 6

  How about "PerlanG"?

  This name keeps our beloved word "Perl" but pronounce entirely different like per-lang.

  The last two letters "nG" imply "nextGen" while the first and the last letter "PG" looks like the file extention "p6".

  Just another funny idea, LOL

• finanalyst commented on A Request to Larry Wall to Create a Language Name Alias for Perl 6

  I just read most of the attachments, and watched the video of Larry's keynote. There are two issues, and perhaps there is a compromise.

  Everything Zoffix Znet has said I agree with! In fact, it is a reiteration of the points made by Damian.

  However, there is a very significant aspect that both Larry and Damian have pointed out, one that is valuable and should not, ever, be devalued: community. The Perl community is - as Damian pointed out - warm, helping, supportive.

  I think that Larry is concerned that by naming the Perl 6 language by anything other than Perl, it wou…