There is a perfectly reasonable (and slightly less than serious) explanation from brrt. https://brrt-to-the-future.blogspot.com/2018/07/perl-6-on-moarvm-has-ha

There is a perfectly reasonable (and slightly less than serious) explanation from brrt. https://brrt-to-the-future.blogspot.com/2018/07/perl-6-on-moarvm-has-had-jit-for-few.html https://brrt-to-the-future.blogspot.com/2018/07/perl-6-on-mo... 1. All problems in computer science can be solved with a layer of indirection. 2. Many layers of indirection make programs slow. 3. Perl 6 solves many computer science problems for you ;-)