[xisukar]

As for the say function, it's also supposed to output text in a more human readable format. It calls the `.gist` of its argument, which you can override in user-defined classes. Take for example the following code snippet from Perl 6 Deep Dive:

    class Chemical { 
        has $.formula; 
        method gist { 
            my $output = $!formula; 
            $output ~~ s:g/(<[0..9]>)/{(0x2080+$0).chr}/; 
            $output; 
        }
     }


     my $chem = Chemical.new(formula => 'Al6O13Si2'); 
     say $chem; # Al₆O₁₃Si₂

     #`[
     Without overriding the `gist` method:

     say $chem; # Chemical.new(formula => 'Al6O13Si2')
     ]