The P6 design supports both hygienic and non-hygienic macros because they concluded there were strong use cases for both. I think the Rakudo devs implemented h

The P6 design supports both hygienic and non-hygienic macros because they concluded there were strong use cases for both. I think the Rakudo devs implemented hygienic macros first because they were expecting them to be more difficult than non-hygienic.