Hi there! I used Perl5 for about 10 years. Web programming, sys admin tools, parses, so on. It's true (IMHO) that Perl5 tends to be a language "with hard to fin

Hi there! I used Perl5 for about 10 years. Web programming, sys admin tools, parses, so on. It's true (IMHO) that Perl5 tends to be a language "with hard to find job". So, recently I tried something new. I had some experience with Ruby/chef but I wanted something I feel more familiar in my background and I noticed a Perl6 a halve year ago, it was just around a time when first stable release appeared ( maybe 1-2 years before, but anyway ... ). Well what I can say? Perl6 is certainly proper choice for former Perl5 developers ( not only for them, but I am looking from my perspective ). Yeah there is lack of modules in comparison with CPAN but I don't treat this a big issue, all great projects started in the past with little eco system, so I guess it is only a question of nearest 5 years. Take a look at http://modules.perl6.org/ http://modules.perl6.org/ - new modules get added weekly! Another thing - you may start a brand new code with Perl6, it is always a green field in automation / ops tasks. Do I use a Perl6 in production? Yes I do. Recently I have updated ~ 500 servers with the help of Sparrowdo - http://sparrowdo.wordpress.com/ http://sparrowdo.wordpress.com/ - a configuration management tool written on Perl6. So for sure - Perl5 folks please look at Perl6. Other people as well :) It's neat, modern language. Regards Alexey