Python and Perl 6 Similarities between Python and Perl 6  
  1. Background
  2. I'm the Rakudo Perl 6 pumpking
  3. Yes, Perl 6
  5. No, Perl 6 is not vaporware
  6. We've had 32 compiler releases
  7. We've had 2 distribution releases
     
  8. We've had 2 distribution releases
    ...since July 2009
  9. Why am I here?
  10. I'm a programming language polyglot
  11. I like Python, too.
  12. I even like PHP.
  13. (we all have our faults)
  14. Python Koans
  15. I want Perl 6 Koans
  16. While reading Koans, I discovered
  17. Perl 6 has a lot of similarities with Python
  18. Here are a few
  19. (apologies if I screw up syntax)
  20. Variadic positional parameters
  21. Variadic named arguments
  22. Method calls
  23. Lambdas
  24. Lambdas part 2
  25. Generators
  26. List comprehensions
  27. Classes
  28. Other "close" similarities
  29. ...and now...
  30. Differences
    between Python and Perl 6
     
  31. Differences
    between Python and Perl 6
    (in five minutes)
  32. ...see next year's lightning talk
  33. ☺

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