Things haven't yet (12 years later!) panned out as he hoped. In particular, it's taken longer than the couple years some folk (not Larry!) claimed it would take.
So the Perl 6 software has continued to mature, and the community vibe has always been very welcoming to all comers, but many vocal Perl 5 users regularly "hate on" Perl 6 because it's late, which kinda kills participation, which makes it take longer, which leads vocal Perl 5 users to regularly "hate on" Perl 5 because it's late, which...
Anyhow, probably far more detail than you can easily process. So, I suggest you treat Perl 6 as a sub-project.
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