> IMHO Perl 6 will not catch on / be even mildly successful without a clear upgrade path from Perl 5. Why can't it be successful based on its own merits? Go

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