SPUG:Tim's perl.com Interview released

Tim Maher tim at consultix-inc.com
Thu Mar 6 14:36:00 CST 2003


SPUGsters,

I was interviewed by the people at perl.com recently, and I've
made the interview available on my web site. Click on "perl.com
interview" in the left-frame under the heading PUBLICATIONS to
check it out.

By the way, there is some overlap with my earlier Perl Foundation
interview, but there's also a lot of new stuff that you might find
interesting.

Here's an excerpt from the introduction:

perl.com interviewed Dr. Tim Maher, CEO of Consultix, about his
background in Perl, how he came to start SPUG, one of the first,
biggest, and best Perl User's Groups, and what his 2002 White Camel
Award means to him personally.

In this wide ranging and humorous interview, Tim tells us about his
early use of UNIX and its utilities in the 70s, why he initially
resisted switching to Perl, why we don't currently program in
AWK++, what line from a Woody Allen play best describes how he
felt about creating SPUG, how his early torment by Catholic nuns
has benefitted The Perl Foundation, and how and why we should all
support and contribute to Perlity, a term he coins to describe the
Perl Community (with a savings of two syllables).

-Tim
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|  Tim Maher, CONSULTIX    (206) 781-UNIX    (866) DOC-PERL  |
|  CEO, JAWCAR ("Just Another White Camel Award Recipient")  |
|  tim at consultix-inc.com  teachmeunix.com  teachmeperl.com   |
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|  UPCOMING CLASSES: Perl Programming, 3/24-26, Tukwila WA   |
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