Revised C<state> docs to reflect #perl6 comments

lib/Language/variables.pod

@@ -547,8 +547,8 @@ parentheses and for declaring a single variable, parentheses may be
 omitted. Within a parenthesized list, C<$> can be used as a dummy
 placeholder.
 
-In fact, C<$> can be used as an anonymous state variable in subroutines
-without a C<state> declaration.
+In fact, C<$> can be used as an anonymous state variable without an
+explicit C<state> declaration.
 
 =begin code
 
@@ -566,11 +566,39 @@ produces
 
 =end code
 
-You could, for example, use C<$> in a one-liner to number the lines in a file.
+Furthermore, state variables are not required to exist in
+subroutines. You could, for example, use C<$> in a one-liner to
+number the lines in a file.
 
 =begin code
 
-perl6 -ne 'say "{++$} $_"' example.txt
+perl6 -ne 'say ++$ ~ " $_"' example.txt
+
+=end code
+
+Finally, if you were to use multiple anonymous state variables, they would
+fuction independently.
+
+=begin code
+
+perl6 -e '{ say ++$; say $++  } for ^5'
+
+=end code
+
+would produce
+
+=begin code
+
+1
+0
+2
+1
+3
+2
+4
+3
+5
+4
 
 =end code