[zoffix222]

Author here. Thanks for reading my post! :)

To answer some of the comments: no, this isn't satire, nor is it a marketing or advertisement piece.

I'm just having fun with the language and wrote a post in the voice of The Grinch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinch). It's meant to be mean. That's all there is to it. Tomorrow's article (coincidentally, also written by me), will have a more sober tone and will describe Perl 6's system of containers and variables. See if you like it more.

I'm OK if you don't like Perl 6 :) That's why we have so many different wonderful languages: everyone can find what they love. I love Perl 6. You should try it out.

[jprzybyl]

Thank you for the post! It was very fun.

Some fuddy-duddies think that preferring expression over safety is irresponsible. They might be right, but Perl is a language that doesn't have to justify itself:

https://www.perl.com/pub/1999/03/pm.html

Can't wait for the next one!

[CodeWriter23]

I’m glad you’re having some fun. I still code in Perl 5 regularly and reading your code is causing my brain to invert. I’m not sure if you’re a Contrary Warrior or an Assassin whose primary weapon is Brainstem Autodissection. It’s like learning Perl all over again.

[sbmassey]

What are some more reasonable uses for the but operator, then?

[zoffix222]

Mixing in out-of-band data