Randal L. Schwartz

Randal L. Schwartz (born November 22, 1961) is an American author, system administrator and programming consultant. Schwartz is the co-author of several widely used books about Perl, a programming language for computers, and has written regular columns about Perl for several computer magazines. He popularized the Just another Perl hacker signature programs. He is a founding board member of the Perl Mongers, the worldwide Perl grassroots advocacy organization.

Bibliography

• Programming Perl, ISBN 0937175641; ISBN 1565921496 (2ed)
• Learning Perl, ISBN 1565920422; ISBN 1565922840 (2ed); ISBN 0596001320 (3ed); ISBN 0596101058 (4ed) http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/ (2005)
• Learning Perl on Win32 Systems, ISBN 1565923243
• Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/ (2003), ISBN 0596004788
• Effective Perl Programming, ISBN 0201419750
• Preface for Object Oriented Perl, ISBN 1884777791
• Collected columns in Randal Schwartz's Perls of Wisdom, ISBN 1590593235