Who this book is for 

This book is intended for different groups of people--first of all, to the current developers that use the Perl 5 programming language and are willing to switch to Perl 6 in the near future or simply want to know what’s new in the world of Perl. Second, this book will suit the needs of software developers who are interested in broadening the horizons of their tools and want to be familiar with a new handy programming language that offers built-in support of many programming paradigms. The content of this book is built in such a way that references to Perl 5 are avoided as much as possible, so both people with and without a Perl 5 background can read this book with ease. Finally, this book is written with the hope that it will become a textbook for the educational courses of Perl 6.