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Joseph N. Hall (born January 8, 1966) is an American author,
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and programming consultant. Hall is known in the
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programming community as the author of the book ''
Effective Perl Programming ''Effective Perl Programming'', sometimes known as the ''Shiny Ball Book'' by Perl programmers, is an intermediate to advanced text by Joseph N. Hall covering the Perl programming language. Randal L. Schwartz Randal L. Schwartz (born Novemb ...
'' with
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, and as a contributor of software to the
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. In the mid-1970s, Hall received US media coverage as a
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and as a
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of childhood
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."Prodigy from Plumtree", Allen Rankin, ''
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'', August 1976


Bibliography

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Effective Perl Programming ''Effective Perl Programming'', sometimes known as the ''Shiny Ball Book'' by Perl programmers, is an intermediate to advanced text by Joseph N. Hall covering the Perl programming language. Randal L. Schwartz Randal L. Schwartz (born Novemb ...
'', *''Effective Perl Programming'', irregularly-appearing column in (the magazine of
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Interviews

* '' Tomorrow with Tom Snyder'', television interview, 1975 * '' ABC Evening News'', news feature, November 21, 1975


References

1966 births Living people American technology writers American computer programmers Free software programmers {{US-compu-bio-stub