# Why I'm Learning Perl 6

DevFeed: [Why I'm Learning Perl 6](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-i-m-learning-perl-6-37905.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.evanmiller.org/why-im-learning-perl-6.html>)

Author: Evan Miller

Published: 2017-07-25T14:50:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Evan Miller](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/evan-miller.md>)

Topics: [Perl](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/perl.md>), [Concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/concurrency.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Programming language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming-language.md>)

Tags: [c](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c.md>), [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [perl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/perl.md>), [programming-language](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-language.md>), [unicode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unicode.md>), [virtual-machine](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtual-machine.md>)

## AI overview

Evan Miller explains why he is exploring Perl 6, focusing on its runtime and concurrency capabilities. He highlights MoarVM's event-loop-aware scheduler, continuations, lightweight worker routines, and concurrent bytecode execution without a GIL, while noting that the article is not a full language review.

## Source excerpt

The Perl 6 virtual machine is a promising piece of technology: Why I'm Learning Perl 6