Chromatic is a writer and
free software programmer
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best known for his work in the
Perl programming language. He lives in
Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. He wrote ''Extreme Programming Pocket Guide'', co-wrote ''Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook'', is the lead author of ''Perl Hacks'', and an uncredited contributor to ''The Art of Agile Development''. He has a music degree. Also, he has contributed to
CPAN,
Perl 5,
Perl 6
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, and
Parrot.
In 2009, he founded Modern Perl Books, in part to revitalize the world of Perl and to publish materials that other publishers had neglected.
In 2010, he released the book ''Modern Perl'' in print and in electronic form, with the latter redistributable freely (though with a suggested donation). An updated edition was released in 2012, with the entire text online.
CPAN
While he may be most currently known for the module "Modern::Perl", chromatic originally wrote "Test::Builder", which is the foundation of most testing in the Perl world.
Perl 6
Chromatic spent several years as the Perl 6 project secretary. He is one of the biggest proponents of "roles" in Perl 6 (what some other programming languages refer to as "
traits").
Parrot
chromatic has been a core developer of
Parrot. He was also secretary of the Parrot Foundation from 2008 until 2010.
Who's Who in Parrot
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References
External links
chromatic's personal homepage
chromatic's modules on CPAN
People from Hillsboro, Oregon
American computer programmers
Writers from Oregon
American technology writers
Perl people
Perl writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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