Perl 6 adds features, and hides complexity. You are right that Perl 6 is more complex, but you will never see the majority of it until you decide you want to d

Perl 6 adds features, and hides complexity. You are right that Perl 6 is more complex, but you will never see the majority of it until you decide you want to dig deeper. If you write equivalent idiomatic code in both versions of Perl, the Perl 6 code will likely be less complex, shorter, more declarative, and easier to read.