As a happy Perl coder it feels like I’ve been looking forward to Perl 6 forever. This latest version of Perl has been in development for a very long time, and some pessimistic folks have suggested that it will never be done.
But progress is being made. Check out the Perl 6 Advent Calendar for daily updates between now and Christmas time. There are some really good practical examples on that site, including simple directions to download and build Rakudo, the most well-known (and probably most complete) implementation of Perl 6.