The Perl community isn’t big nowadays, however, the Perl 6 language also offers a lot of concepts which are very well suited for modern programming. Sadly, if no new users try out the language, it will be all for nothing. As such, we need to bring new blood in to the community.

One of the ways of doing this is by extending our promoting efforts outside of the Perl community. Most people who like Perl are in a social bubble with other people that are also familiar with the Perl programming language, be it 5 or 6. But we need to reach new people as well, who will most likely be outside of this social bubble. These people don’t have to be techies either, they might just as well be marketeers or designers.

I myself am part of the "techies", so I’ll stick to this particular group for now. And I know people like me can be found at meetups, so it would be worthwhile to promote Perl at meetups which are not dedicated to Perl. Think of more generic programming meetups, or GNU+Linux User Groups. We have to be mindful not to be too pushy, though. Listen to other people, and try to understand the problem they’re facing. Most of them will not be open to using a different language immediately, especially not Perl (which sadly has a particularly bad standing amongst people unfamiliar with it). Try to assist them with their issues, and slowly introduce them to Perl (6) if it helps to showcase what you mean. It might also be interesting to show people examples on how to solve certain issues before telling them the language’s name, so they don’t have a negative preconception solely from the name.

Another thing to note is that Perl is more than just a programming language. It’s a community, and a large library of modules, known as CPAN. And CPAN offers some nifty tools, such as the CPAN testers, which help ensure module developers that their code runs on a massive set of platforms and Perl versions.