Re: A proposal for Perl's branding - let's free all the butterflies

[email protected] (Nigel Hamilton) Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:03:58 +0000
Newsgroups perl.perl6.language
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> Here is a suggestion for Perl's branding:
>>
>> http://nigelhamilton.com/perl-branding-proposal.html
>>
>
> I like your proposal.
>
>

:-)


> But its details would need fleshing out more, particularly at the end,
> where it says this:
>
> Perl $new_runtime_name_for_perl5_goes_here (tm)
> Perl $new-runtime-name-for-perl6-goes-here (tm)
>
>
This was just to highlight the need for different $runtime names to avoid
collisions on the command-line.

You make a good point about the language $dialect name - this may or may
not be the same as the $runtime name.

The proposal has been updated now:

http://nigelhamilton.com/perl-branding-proposal.html

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</span><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;p=
adding-left:1ex"><span class=3D""><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Here is a suggestion for Perl&#39;s branding:<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://nigelhamilton.com/perl-branding-proposal.html" rel=3D"nor=
eferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://nigelhamilton.com/perl-<wbr>branding-prop=
osal.html</a><br>
</blockquote>
<br></span>
I like your proposal.<br>=C2=A0
<br></blockquote><div><br>:-)<br>=C2=A0<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:=
1ex">
But its details would need fleshing out more, particularly at the end, wher=
e it says this:<br>
<br>
Perl $new_runtime_name_for_perl5_go<wbr>es_here (tm)<br>
Perl $new-runtime-name-for-perl6-go<wbr>es-here (tm)<br>
<br></blockquote><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote">This was just to high=
light the need for different $runtime names to avoid collisions on the comm=
and-line. </div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote">You make a good point about the language $dialect name - this may or m=
ay not be the same as the $runtime name. <br><br>The proposal has been upda=
ted now: <br><span class=3D"gmail-"><br>
<a href=3D"http://nigelhamilton.com/perl-branding-proposal.html" rel=3D"nor=
eferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://nigelhamilton.com/perl-<wbr>branding-prop=
osal.html</a></span></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br></div></div></div>

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