| Damian Conway | |
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 2005 European Open Source Convention |
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| Known for | Perl 6 design |
| Employer | Thoughtstream |
| Occupation | Author, Programmer, Professor, Speaker |
Damian Conway (born 1964) is a prominent member of the Perl community and exponent of object-oriented programming, and the author of several books. He is also an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University. Damian completed his B.Sc. (with honours) and Ph.D. at Monash. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to CPAN and Perl 6 language design, his entertaining and erudite skills as a speaker, and his ability to teach Perl. The following are numbered among his contributions to CPAN:
- Parse::RecDescent
- Class::Contract
- Lingua::EN::Inflect
- Class::Std
- Class::Multimethods
- Text::Autoformat
- Switch
- NEXT
- Filter::Simple
- Smart::Comments
- Quantum::Superpositions (taken over by Steven Lembark)
- Lingua::Romana::Perligata
He has won the Larry Wall Award three times for CPAN contributions. His involvement in Perl 6 language design has been as an interlocutor and explicator of Larry Wall. He is one of the authors of the Significantly Prettier and Easier C++ Syntax.
Books
- Object Oriented Perl: A Comprehensive Guide to Concepts and Programming Techniques
- Perl Best Practices
- Perl Hacks: Tips & Tools for Programming, Debugging, and Surviving (Hacks), with chromatic and Curtis "Ovid" Poe
External links
- Biography from his consultancy's website
- Damian Conway homepage at Monash
- CPAN modules authored by Damian Conway
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People: Larry Wall • Randal L. Schwartz • Damian Conway • Allison Randal • Audrey Tang • other people |
