On 12 Aug 2005, at 23:26, gabriele renzi wrote: [snip] > But I think Lothar is right: IMVHO perl6 could have been definitely > more simple, withouth needing ~150 operators[2] Curiously enough this number isn't radically more than there are in Perl 5 (128) - and they're more logically grouped and named now. > , special variables like $?CLASS, ::?CLASS or ::*::Main[3], > differentiating multi/method/sub etc I'm reserving judgement. I've not had the spare time to keep really up to date and play with Perl 6 properly. However, my suspicion is that it's going to be a lot simpler and logical than many people expect. Adriian