From the preamble of the page you linked: > In fact, regular expression culture is a mess, and I share some of the blame for making it that way. Since my mothe

From the preamble of the page you linked: > In fact, regular expression culture is a mess, and I share some of the blame for making it that way. Since my mother always told me to clean up my own messes, I suppose I'll have to do just that. So Larry aimed to do better in Perl 6. Do you think he is as good at solving problems as he is at identifying them -- or more specifically, what do you think of the "Rules" system[1] he came up with for Perl 6? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_6_rules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_6_rules