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Examples
The variance in Perl 5 was inspired by number agreement in English and many other natural languages:

"This apple." # CORRECT "These apples." # CORRECT "This third apple." # CORRECT "These third apple." # WRONG

The change in Perl 6 is meant to reduce the cognitive load of recognizing when to use the @ or the $.