On: Differences Between Perl 5 and Perl 6

[kbenson]

I don't necessarily disagree with your reasoning, but I vaguely recall there was quite a bit of debate about the naming of these methods when they changed, and I don't recall the arguments. I have a feeling it's too late to change them now, so it may just have to live on as a quirk of the language.

[dragonwriter → kbenson]

> I have a feeling it's too late to change them now, so it may just have to live on as a quirk of the language.

I can see that, and I don't think its all that bad, just suboptimal, and confusing based on more than just expectations shaped by other languages.