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. For 13 years, 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.
Podcast producer:
FLOSS Weekly (twit.tv/floss)
InSightCruises News-es (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 for Dart and Flutter
Discord for Dart and Flutter
YouTube channel on Dart and Flutter
Slack communities for Dart and Flutter
Reddit for Dart and Flutter
perlmonks.org (The Perl Monastery)
newsgroups comp.lang.perl.misc et. seq.
newsgroup comp.lang.perl.announce (moderator since inception)
perl.org mailing lists
