It is way to late here (2 a.m. EST) to respond to you in detail, but let me just respond to one of your final points that struck a chord.

But so far, maybe it just the kind of code I find myself needing to write, I haven't seen the killer feature that balances the equation.

I think that is the key, the type of code you write is not a place where Moose would help. I get the impression (based on this and your other posts) you mostly write a combination of "limited shelf life" scripts and "CPU-intensive" programs, neither of which Moose (or even OO for that matter) really is useful for. Where Moose really has benefits is when programming larger OO applications such as "performance-irrelevant shopping carts and whatnot", which is also where OO in general is most useful (and why people don't write shell scripts in Java).

Honestly, there is nothing that you can do with Moose that you can't also do without Moose, on some level it is about "how you get there". Sometimes it is nice to have "one-touch-deploying cup-holders" and "vanity mirrors" and also to know that even if your just driving the kids to soccer practice you have "ceramic disk brakes" to protect you and your family.

And yes, I am implying that some day Moose will save your life !!!

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