&gt; actually not quite. given the plethora of libraries&#x2F;frameworks etc. for perl-5, why would perl-5 programmers move to perl-6 ?<p>I&#x27;m a Perl 5 programmer. Perl 6 is a more perly Perl. I can use my Perl 5 modules if I really want, but I can write better specified, safer and more logical code. Just having simple functions like &#x27;whenever&#x27; makes developing fun and easy.<p>Please see <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;jnthn.net&#x2F;papers&#x2F;2015-yapcasia-concurrency.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;jnthn.net&#x2F;papers&#x2F;2015-yapcasia-concurrency.pdf</a> for context