I absolutely love Perl, and I think that the newest versions of Perl 5 have taken much of the good things that Perl 6 promised and added them. I really think that Perl 6 misses the point and removes all of the charm of Perl. Why change sigils and all of these operators? The people who don&#x27;t like them aren&#x27;t using Perl anyway, and they won&#x27;t be using Perl 6 just because it implements them in a more obvious but less meaningful way.<p>I also don&#x27;t think the addition of a more mainstream object system is a positive thing, but that&#x27;s a debate for another time.<p>Edit: And it&#x27;s not just about sigils, but about changing things for no meaningful reason, especially things that set Perl apart and make it what it is.