A more direct comparison given perl6's typing would be either [python] >>> from decimal import Decimal >>> Decimal("0.1") + Decimal("0.2") == Decim

A more direct comparison given perl6's typing would be either [python] >>> from decimal import Decimal >>> Decimal("0.1") + Decimal("0.2") == Decimal("0.3") True or [python] >>> 0.3 == 3e-1 True What the perl6 "0.3 != 3e-1" comparison is really doing is [python] >>> from decimal import Decimal >>> Decimal("0.3") == 3e-1 False