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David Rolsky

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David Rolsky
BornDavid J. Rolsky
(1973-12-06) December 6, 1973 (age 52)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
🏡 ResidenceMinneapolis
Other namesDave Rolsky
🎓 Alma materBard College, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
💼 Occupation
Programmer, author,
🌐 Websitewww.houseabsolute.com

David J. Rolsky (born December 6, 1973) is an American author, computer programmer, and pro-animal activist. He is active in the Perl programming community, [1] and has made many contributions to the Moose (Perl) OO framework for Perl.[2] He has co-written two Perl-related books published by O'Reilly & Associates: Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason[3] and RT Essentials.[4] In 1998 he co-founded Compassionate Action for Animals, a nonprofit group whose stated goal is to reduce the suffering of farmed animals.[5]

Rolsky is a frequent speaker at events related to the Perl programming language, including YAPC::NA 2011,[6] YAPC::Europe 2010,[7] Italian Perl Workshop 2009,[8] and the Frozen Perl conference series.[9] In 2008 Rolsky was featured in Code-a-thon Decoded,[10] a television program about Perl and the free software movement that aired on Current TV.

References

  1. "Dave Rolsky (DROLSKY) - metacpan.org - Perl programming language". metacpan.org. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  2. The Perl Foundation. "The Perl Foundation". The Perl Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  3. "The Mason Book". The Mason Book. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  4. OAK. "RT Essentials - O'Reilly Media". Oreilly.com. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  5. "Board of Directors and Staff —". Exploreveg.org. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20111026024527/http://yapc2011.us/yn2011user/1679
  7. "YAPC::EU 2010 - The Renaissance of Perl - User information". Conferences.yapceurope.org. 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  8. "Dati dell'utente". Conferences.yapceurope.org. 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  9. "Archived Copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-07-26.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Archived Copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2012-07-07.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)

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