OTOH, Perl6 is effectively a new language. So knowing Perl5 is not that big an advantage.<p>I get that learning Perl is not a very attractive proposition these days, and Perl6 currently does not have the vast library&#x2F;framework ecosystem Perl5 has.<p>But I think Perl6 is not just for Perl5 programmers. In fact, I think a lot of Perl5 people are going to stick with Perl5 for a while due to a) libraries&#x2F;frameworks and b) existing code that needs to be maintained.