The opposite is true. In Perl 5 passing a hash to a function requires mallocing a new shallow copy of that hash. In Perl 6 this would be the equivalent of passing a reference to the hash, which would only require mallocing a scalar.
"An example of bartering is a plumber exchanging plumbing services for the dental services of a dentist. You must include in gross income in the year of receipt the fair market value of goods or services received from bartering."