"In the 20th century I followed the development of perl 6"
The mug hit the wall on 2000-07-18, which means there was less than 5 months of Perl 6 history in the 20th century. Apocalypse 1 didn't even come out until 2001.
I petitioned Ars Technica 3 times to add Perl 6 to their Top 10 Vaporware list. I think, being a Perl shop at the time, they allowed personal bias to drive their ruling.