I should, I suppose, say a little bit about who I am and what I know about Perl and its community.
I discovered Perl in about 1996 after almost ten years using C on both Unix and Windows. I started using it in basic data munging tasks and soon moved on to simple CGI programs. It has been my most used programming language ever since. It's how I make a living - usually programming, but I also run the occasional training course.
In 1998 I started the London Perl Mongers - one of the first Perl Mongers groups outside of the USA. I led the group until 2001. In 2002 I became The Perl Foundation's Perl Mongers User Group Co-ordinator, liaising between the foundation and the local Perl Monger groups. I held that post for four years. For my contributions to the Perl community, I was awarded a White Camel in 2004.
I wrote Data Munging with Perl and was a co-author of Perl Template Toolkit. I'm a regular speaker at Perl and Open Source conferences.
Oh, and I'm very proud to use Perl.
I discovered Perl in about 1996 after almost ten years using C on both Unix and Windows. I started using it in basic data munging tasks and soon moved on to simple CGI programs. It has been my most used programming language ever since. It's how I make a living - usually programming, but I also run the occasional training course.
In 1998 I started the London Perl Mongers - one of the first Perl Mongers groups outside of the USA. I led the group until 2001. In 2002 I became The Perl Foundation's Perl Mongers User Group Co-ordinator, liaising between the foundation and the local Perl Monger groups. I held that post for four years. For my contributions to the Perl community, I was awarded a White Camel in 2004.
I wrote Data Munging with Perl and was a co-author of Perl Template Toolkit. I'm a regular speaker at Perl and Open Source conferences.
Oh, and I'm very proud to use Perl.
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