It's probably not massively complex to backport to Perl 5. There are gather/take implementations on CPAN you could use.
I do not think Perl 6 became popular. Correct me if I am wrong.
It hasn't yet.
In reply to Re: Peter Norvig Spelling Corrector in Perl 5
by tobyink
in thread Peter Norvig Spelling Corrector in Perl 5
by vit
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