Yet Another Perl Conference (YAPC), from 2016–2019 called The Perl Conference (TPC), from 2020 on The Perl and Raku Conference, is a series of conferences discussing the
Perlprogramming language, 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 name is an homage to
yacc, "
Yet Another Compiler Compiler".
The first YAPC was held at
Carnegie Mellon University in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US on June 24 and June 25, 1999. Organizer
Kevin Lenzo assembled 31 different speakers into the schedule on various Perl-related topics. The idea of a low-cost Perl conference quickly spread with a
European version of YAPC established in 2000,
Israel in 2003,
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.
In 2016, YAPC rebranded itself as The Perl Conference, 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.
Yet Another Perl Conference (YAPC), from 2016–2019 called The Perl Conference (TPC), from 2020 on The Perl and Raku Conference, is a series of conferences discussing the
Perlprogramming language, 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 name is an homage to
yacc, "
Yet Another Compiler Compiler".
The first YAPC was held at
Carnegie Mellon University in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US on June 24 and June 25, 1999. Organizer
Kevin Lenzo assembled 31 different speakers into the schedule on various Perl-related topics. The idea of a low-cost Perl conference quickly spread with a
European version of YAPC established in 2000,
Israel in 2003,
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.
In 2016, YAPC rebranded itself as The Perl Conference, 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.