Full Name David J. Rolsky Occupation Programmer, author, Name David Rolsky | Other names Dave Rolsky Website www.houseabsolute.com Role Author | |
Born December 6, 1973 (age 50) ( 1973-12-06 ) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Alma mater Bard College, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Residence Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Books RT Essentials, Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason Education Bard College, University of Minnesota | ||
David J. Rolsky (born December 6, 1973) is an American author, computer programmer, and pro-animal activist. He is active in the Perl programming community, and has made many contributions to the Moose OO framework for Perl. He has co-written two Perl-related books published by O'Reilly & Associates: Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason and RT Essentials. In 1998 he co-founded Compassionate Action for Animals, a nonprofit group whose stated goal is to reduce the suffering of farmed animals.
Rolsky is a frequent speaker at events related to the Perl programming language, including YAPC::NA 2011, YAPC::Europe 2010, Italian Perl Workshop 2009, and the Frozen Perl conference series. In 2008 Rolsky was featured in Code-a-thon Decoded, a television program about Perl and the free software movement that aired on Current TV.