Re^2: Perl 6, difference between ':=' and '='

[DrWhy]

I always understood it as closer to typeglob aliasing in Perl 5 rather than perl 5 style references. i.e.:

# perl 6
$x := $y;

# ~= perl 5
*x = \$y;

[chromatic]

That's the best way to think of it, but I didn't want to explain typeglobs.