Think of Perl5 and Perl6 as American English and British English. Both languages are English, but essentially they are different languages but with a similar foundation.<p>&gt; Confusing? Almost certainly.<p>Agreed. I don&#x27;t know if it would&#x27;ve been better for Perl6 to not have &#x27;Perl&#x27; in its name, but it almost surely would have been better for Perl5 if Perl6 hadn&#x27;t had &#x27;Perl&#x27; in its name.