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Yet Another Perl Conference [1] : 754 [2] : 14 (also called YAPC), from 2016–2019 called The Perl Conference (TPC), from 2020 on The Perl and Raku Conference, is a series of conferences discussing the Perl programming language, that has run since 1999. It is usually organized under the auspices of The Perl Foundation and Yet Another Society, a "non-profit corporation for the advancement of collaborative efforts in computer and information sciences".
The first YAPC was held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US on June 24 and June 25, 1999, [1] organized by Kevin Lenzo. [3] YAPC's origins were in the not-for-profit Perl Mongers user group. [4] [5] The first conference assembled 31 different speakers into the schedule on various Perl-related topics.
The idea of a low-cost Perl conference quickly spread. The first European version of YAPC was organized by members of the Perl Mongers in London in 2000, [6] Israel in 2003, [5] Australia in 2004, Asia and Brazil in 2005, and Russia in 2008. The only continents never to have hosted a YAPC are Africa and Antarctica.
n 2016, YAPC rebranded itself as The Perl Conference, [7] : 757 which is the former name of O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON). As of 2020, it is now calling itself The Perl and Raku Conference to reflect the renaming of Perl 6 to Raku.
By 2002, The Perl Developer's Dictionary listed YAPC as the second-most important conference in the PERL scene, after O'Reilly's Open Source Conference. [4] Minimal Perl describes YAPC as "a collection of low-priced grassroots events held around the world for the benefit of those who either can’t afford the expense of the more elaborately staged conferences or just prefer the company of students and geeks to corporate IT types." [8] The conference is recommended in various other books about Perl programming from the 2000s. [9]
The Dutch Linux Magazine reviewed the second European YAPC conference, held in Amsterdam in 2001, and describes the consternation when organisers revealed they had been listening in on network traffic and had found that several participants used unencrypted passwords, despite the conference theme being security. [10] Other topics that year included building user interfaces, using Perl for speech, and parallel programming, and the conference had three parallel sessions with around 250 participants.
The name is an homage to yacc, "Yet Another Compiler Compiler".
These events are held in conjunction with CONISLI.
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