[justinator]

I would almost think that what you like in Python is now available for Perl 6 (plus loads more!):

You've got MoarVM, which is just like CPython But if you want a different backend - great! Don't have to wait for MoarVM - the folks at MoarVM didn't wait for Parrot to solve their problems (or they'd still be waiting). For example, use JVM, just like Jython.

This is a stark difference to the situation of Perl 5, where there is only one interpreter, and there's little, if any chance of another. There's no Perl 5 language specification (as there is in Perl 6), except the Perl 5 interpreter. Only Perl 5 can parse Perl 5.

Perl 6 got so many things right, it's phenomenal.

Getting things right takes time, and it only happened because so many things went wrong.

[chromatic]

Don't have to wait for MoarVM - the folks at MoarVM didn't wait for Parrot to solve their problems (or they'd still be waiting).

This historical revisionism continues to be tiresome.

[epoch1970]

It doesn't matter how many things Perl 6 got right when they got the most important thing completely wrong: the availability of a usable and reliable implementation!