parallel assignment Perl ($a, $b, $c) = (1, 2, 3); print "a = ", $a, "\n"; # a = 1 print "b = ", $b, "\n"; # b = 2 print "c = ", $c, "\n"; # c = 3 print "\n"; # 6 is ignored: ($a, $b) = (4, 5, 6); print "a = ", $a, "\n"; # a = 4 print "b =…