Randal L. Schwartz

Randal L. Schwartz is a renowned expert on the Perl programminglanguage. In addition to writing "Learning Perl" and the first two editions of "Programming Perl", he has been the Perl columnist forUNIX Review, Web Techniques, Sys Admin, and Linux Magazine. He has contributed to a dozen Perl books, and over 200 magazine articles. Randal runs a Perl training and consulting company (Stonehenge Consulting Services), and is highly sought-after as a speaker for his combination of technical skill, comedic timing, and crowd rapport. He's also a pretty good Karaoke singer.