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Thanks for the detailed reply Ovid!

I'm only a novice in Perl5 land (Python is usually my go-to along with Linux CLI tools and Powershell on Windows, or honestly a lot of SQL these days but sometimes I reach for Perl5 when it has something I need) but I always keep an eye out for different and interesting technologies and Perl6 is definitely on my radar to check in on every now and then. As you've pointed out, it seems to have a lot of power that could reduce a lot of the one-off scripts I write. I do a lot of basic text file manipulation and any feature that can save me time is valuable even if there is more stuff to learn. To me, Perl6 appears to allow for writing beautifully succinct and readable OO, Imperative, or FP like code. However, if I just need to wrangle some data (throwaway code) it looks like it can be for text what APL is for arrays (a powerful Swiss army knife).

On another note, while I have you here, do you ever plan on putting out another Perl book, but one on Perl 6 (I know there are several already published).