[kbenson]

Well, not quite irrelevant. Just because language interop is easy doesn't make the fact that there doesn't exist the interop for a library you need. That said, it's also a good chance to get good sane default implementations in first. On of the problems with CPAN is finding the best of the multiple modules available that fit the need.

[raiph]

As I said elsewhere in this thread, Inline::Perl5 hasn't been tested against all 130,000 modules on CPAN to my knowledge, but, based on what I know of the tech and its 100% success rate so far, I'm going to assume until I hear otherwise that it already works, or will do so this year, for the vast majority.

In the unlikely event there's a module that doesn't work, then yes, you have to learn and wield a new language that isn't backwards compatible. But it is Perlish, and it is designed to coexist beautifully with Perl 5.

[kbenson]

Ah, I had heard that Inline::Perl5 worked with (some?) XS modules, but wasn't sure I was remembering correctly, and assumed it didn't. Unfortunately, my ability to keep abreast of new Perl 6 developments has taken a big hit the last six months or so, due to increased workload. :(