As someone who used to make his living writing Perl, and who's been pretty salty about Perl 6/Raku for quite a long time now (because of how it led to the "used to" part), let me say to the Perl community in response to this news:<p><i>Congratulations.</i> Seriously!<p>I know how contentious an issue this has been, and I'm glad to see the community finally steering it to what seems like a positive conclusion for both the Perl 5 and Raku sides. This feels like a good outcome. It creates room for both languages to flourish, and puts an end to the days when users of one had to carry the issues with the other around on their backs.<p>For the first time in a long time, it feels like a bright future can be imagined both for Perl and for Raku. And that's a great thing!<p>So congratulations! I'm looking forward to seeing what the Perl and Raku communities bring us in the future.