3) Why is introducing "Perl6" in this name-dropping way to a Perl beginner a good thing?
Because Perl 6 does exactly the right thing in this case, something that we have all hoped one day that our language would do, and precisely the thing that the original poster was hoping to work: 
> for 1..6 { say $_ if $_ == 2|3|5|8 }
2
3
5

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which is exactly how you would say it in English: "if value equals 2 or 3 or 5 or 8", which is so much easier than: "if value equals 2 or value equals 3 or value equals 5 or value equals 8".

In reply to Re^7: How to look for two different file extensions? by Laurent_R
in thread How to look for two different file extensions? by Superbroom2.0

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