One interesting possible side-effect of a post like this is that it points out the extent to which Perl is or can be used for more than something extremely simple.
I suspect there may be lots of programmers who've used Perl, or seen it used by coworkers, for throwing together quick scripts, but don't think of it as suited for larger projects, or as having any particularly interesting or advanced linguistic features.
Chromatic lists features that are built into Rakudo Star, but he also lists how they're available as add-ons to Perl 5. That may bring positive attention not just to Perl 6, but to Perl 5 as well.
And there are lot of places where Perl5 is being used in big applications or processes. The City of London and The Genome Project spring to mind but there are many more that discreetly just carrying on doing their job without too much fuss: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1537848
I suspect there may be lots of programmers who've used Perl, or seen it used by coworkers, for throwing together quick scripts, but don't think of it as suited for larger projects, or as having any particularly interesting or advanced linguistic features.
Chromatic lists features that are built into Rakudo Star, but he also lists how they're available as add-ons to Perl 5. That may bring positive attention not just to Perl 6, but to Perl 5 as well.