David Rolsky

David Rolsky
Born David J. Rolsky
(1973-12-06) December 6, 1973
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence Minneapolis
Other names Dave Rolsky
Alma mater Bard College, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Occupation Programmer, author,
Website www.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 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. ↑
  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 July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Archived July 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
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