As you&#x27;ll hear from any advocate, Perl 6 is fundamentally a new language, not just a new version of Perl 5; but, even if you want to think of it as a new version of Perl 5, then it&#x27;s hardly true that Perl 5 has been dormant all this time.  See <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Perl#2000.E2.80.93present" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Perl#2000.E2.80.93present</a> , for example.