&gt;  IMHO Perl 6 will not catch on &#x2F; be even mildly successful without a clear upgrade path from Perl 5.<p>Why can&#x27;t it be successful based on its own merits?<p>Go didn&#x27;t have a clear upgrade path from anywhere. Rust doesn&#x27;t, nor do Julia and all the other new, hip languages that I just forgot about.