> I think what perl6 does is also breaks 1. No, you can use the backward-compatible syntax if you don't want to spend any time porting to the newer improved sy

> I think what perl6 does is also breaks 1. No, you can use the backward-compatible syntax if you don't want to spend any time porting to the newer improved syntax. https://docs.perl6.org/language/regexes#Perl_5_compatibility_adverb https://docs.perl6.org/language/regexes#Perl_5_compatibility... http://design.perl6.org/Differences.html#New_regex_syntax http://design.perl6.org/Differences.html#New_regex_syntax https://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-nutshell#Add_:P5_or_:Perl5_adverb https://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-nutshell#Add_:P5_or_:Pe...