[Ultimatt]

Author of the post here. I think my comeback would be Perl 6 is a completely new language, that's only just becoming usable from a long design and development process. A lot of people dont think about it this way because they have zero idea what Perl 6 is about. If you don't like sigils on your variables you aren't going to like it though :P I use Perl 5, Python and R on a daily basis. I try to avoid BASH in favour of Perl, as it genuinely is just less crazy and is perfect for the same tasks. Python isn't a great shell script replacement. I like Perl 6 mostly because it lets you write nicer Perlesk code that isn't quite so disposable and gross. At the moment Perl 6 isn't completely viable for daily use, just because of performance. I also know Java and C quite well but rarely work on anything that needs the perf of these languages given the overhead for someone who is a researcher rather than fulltime programmer.

[jghn]

Fair point. I haven't looked at Perl6 since the early aughts and assumed it was basically exactly what I saw then. I didn't realize that it was just now starting to blossom.

[Ultimatt]

Lol not sure I would go as far to say its just started to blossom. Some flowers are weeds to one person and a pay-for wild flowers to another. Each to their own!