in reply to Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5?

This very question was well-addressed in November by masak (above poster). See his blog discussion of Perls 5 and 6, which can be summarized by the following quote:
Perl 5 and Perl 6 are two languages in the Perl family, but of different lineages.

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Re^2: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5?
by masak (Scribe) on Jan 04, 2010 at 15:42 UTC

    Also try this post, more recent, shorter, and on the same theme.

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Re^2: Will Perl 6 Replace Perl 5?
by Mask (Pilgrim) on Jan 04, 2010 at 17:38 UTC
    There is another good post by Matt S. Trout about the subj.
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