<story><title>Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku</title><url>https://github.com/perl6/problem-solving/pull/89</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>edflsafoiewq</author><text>From what I could tell, Raku appears to be from Rakudo, the Perl 6 compiler, which is a shortened form of rakuda-dou (=&amp;quot;way of the camel&amp;quot; in Japanese). Rakudo also means &amp;quot;paradise&amp;quot;. The &amp;quot;raku&amp;quot; from &amp;quot;way of the camel&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;camel&amp;quot;, while the &amp;quot;raku&amp;quot; from &amp;quot;paradise&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;fun&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;enjoyable&amp;quot; (or &amp;quot;music&amp;quot;).&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, it also happens to sound similar to &amp;quot;roku&amp;quot; (=&amp;quot;six&amp;quot;).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Sharlin</author><text>There was something strangely familiar about the word &amp;quot;raku&amp;quot; but it took me a moment to make the connection. In Finnish, &amp;quot;raakku&amp;quot; is a common name for the mollusc species &lt;i&gt;Margaritifera margaritifera&lt;/i&gt;, better known as the… &lt;i&gt;freshwater pearl mussel!&lt;/i&gt; [1] I&amp;#x27;m really not sure if this is an amazing coincidence or yet another layer of linguistic brilliance.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Freshwater_pearl_mussel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Freshwater_pearl_mussel&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku</title><url>https://github.com/perl6/problem-solving/pull/89</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>edflsafoiewq</author><text>From what I could tell, Raku appears to be from Rakudo, the Perl 6 compiler, which is a shortened form of rakuda-dou (=&amp;quot;way of the camel&amp;quot; in Japanese). Rakudo also means &amp;quot;paradise&amp;quot;. The &amp;quot;raku&amp;quot; from &amp;quot;way of the camel&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;camel&amp;quot;, while the &amp;quot;raku&amp;quot; from &amp;quot;paradise&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;fun&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;enjoyable&amp;quot; (or &amp;quot;music&amp;quot;).&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, it also happens to sound similar to &amp;quot;roku&amp;quot; (=&amp;quot;six&amp;quot;).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Grinnz</author><text>It is also a type of Japanese pottery. &amp;quot;Raku pottery is &amp;quot;imperfect but sophisticated&amp;quot;, so that&amp;#x27;s a fit :)&amp;quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;colabti.org&amp;#x2F;irclogger&amp;#x2F;irclogger_log&amp;#x2F;perl6?date=2018-10-25#l584&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;colabti.org&amp;#x2F;irclogger&amp;#x2F;irclogger_log&amp;#x2F;perl6?date=2018-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>