[Video 236] Jonathan Worthington: Perl 6 — Beyond dynamic vs. static

There has been a great deal of discussion in recent months among users and designers of dynamic languages, and how they are starting to look into some form of static typing to reduce bugs, and catch problems earlier. Perl 6 has been under development for a long time, with a release promised by the end of 2015. In this talk, Jonathan Worthington describes the ways in which the developers implementing Perl 6 have thought about the dynamic vs. static tradeoffs, and how Perl 6 reflects their decisions. Even if you’re not planning to use Perl 6, it’s interesting to hear how language designers think about what they’re creating, and how their decisions will affect those using their language.

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