the latest p6lang digest says that the hyperoperator's been changed from ^op to >>op<<. It references two threads in perl.perl6.language (1, 2). I can't, however, find any reference on this how this unholy beastie was spawned, or why it was changed -- it turns out that >>op<< is not just ugly, but it's difficult to search on and looking for "hyperoperator" yields results from 2002 and not seemingly relevant anymore.

So how did this come about? Was there a particular mnemonic involved in its creation? A bet? A dare? Should I be donating money to something to turn it back?