38. Randal L. Schwartz

Randal L. Schwartz is a renowned expert on the Perl programming language, having contributed to a dozen top-selling books on the subject, and over 250 magazine articles. Schwartz is a Dart/Flutter Google Developer Expert, providing assistance and training. Schwartz runs a Perl training and consulting company (Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc of Portland, Oregon), and is a highly sought-after speaker for his masterful stage combination of technical skill, comedic timing, and crowd rapport. Schwartz hosted the successful FLOSS Weekly podcast, covering Free/Libre Open Source Software by interviewing the project leaders and legends in the industry. Schwartz serves on the LinuxFund Board, and formerly served on the boards of the Perl Institute and Squeak. And he's a pretty good Karaoke singer, winning contests regularly. https://youtube.com/channel/UCUDt0S0gfQJ4eLkx66ox5Jg Podcast producer: FLOSS Weekly (https://twit.tv/floss) InSightCruises News-es (https://podcast.insightcruises.com) Books authored/coauthored: Programming Perl (multiple editions) Learning Perl (multiple editions) Learning Perl on Win32 Systems Learning Perl Objects References and Modules (multiple editions) Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs with Perl Object Oriented Perl Randal Schwartz's Perls of Wisdom Magazine articles and columns (over 250 total): UnixReview Magazine PerformanceComputing Magazine SysAdmin Magazine and Website WebTechniques Magazine and Website Linux Magazine and Website The Perl Journal E-Magazine Apple Developer Works Website Regular contributor to online forums: Gitter channels for Dart and Flutter stackoverflow.com perlmonks.org (The Perl Monastery) use.perl.org newsgroups comp.lang.perl.misc et. seq. newsgroup comp.lang.perl.announce (moderator since inception) perl.org mailing lists