As someone who is relatively new to perl, I think perl 6 is definitely a positive direction. It removes lots of inconsistencies, while providing a clean base for future expansion. For something like the sigils, what&#x27;s more important - to know that a variable is a scalar, or that it&#x27;s some kind of hash&#x2F;array? The second would definitely be less confusing when learning the language.<p>There are also definitely some good things coming out of perl 6, like this <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=JpqnNCx7wVY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=JpqnNCx7wVY</a>