I haven't used Perl in ages. Seeing all these new features in Perl 5, I want to use it again. I've looked at Raku and didn't like it. I think it went astray

I haven't used Perl in ages. Seeing all these new features in Perl 5, I want to use it again. I've looked at Raku and didn't like it. I think it went astray and it doesn't fit the spirit of Perl (being practical).