[olodus]

I am someone who loves learning new languages (written advent of code in lisp, Haskell, APL, Erlang, zig...).

I have thought for a long time to try out Raku as Ive never tried Perl and it feels like the modern version might be easier to get into as it maybe avoids some of the baggage.

Is this true, or do I miss something by skipping the original?

[kqr]

My personal (but very brief) experience of trying to learn Raku is that most introductory material I came across assumed at least an apprentice-level exposure to Perl concepts and vocabulary.

[achileas]

Just go with Perl, IMO. Raku is completely separate, and would be more akin to learning Ruby or Elixir to get the Perl experience IMO.

[kraihx]

They are completely separate programming languages. Go for the original to get the real Perl experience with all the good and bad.

[lizmat]

Completely biased opinion: try Raku. It is easier to get into.