fear -> anger -> hate -> suffering Sadly some programmers went down this path when they first encountered Perl - that gnarly Perl 5 regex that stopped them in

fear -> anger -> hate -> suffering Sadly some programmers went down this path when they first encountered Perl - that gnarly Perl 5 regex that stopped them in their tracks. WTF they cried - and they never forgot that feeling. The flipside to Perl's expressive power is the potential to disempower those that don't look deep enough to get it. Perl 6 takes this expressivity and whipupitude to another level. I suspect this Advent post has touched a raw nerve with some commenters because they feel disempowered all over again. Please don't be! Perl 6 is a playful language optimised for fun: https://perl6advent.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/perl-6-christmas-have-an-appropriate-amount-of-fun/ https://perl6advent.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/perl-6-christma... Look deeper and you'll be rewarded.