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by p6steve 1114 days ago
I really like sigils for several reasons and I do miss them when in non sigil languages - imo raku made two big improvements over perl that is to avoid changing the sigil on accessing an item and to have an unsigilled option for people who don't like them https://rakujourney.wordpress.com/2022/12/24/on-sigils/
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>and to have an unsigilled option for people who don't like them

Sigilled "variables" do lose many of the perks that sigils provide though, as codesections explains in the blog.