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. Image File history File links Randal L. Schwartz, headshot by Derrick Story File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Randal L. Schwartz, headshot by Derrick Story File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Perl, also Practical Extraction and Report Language (a backronym, see below), is an interpreted procedural programming language designed by Larry Wall. ... Just another Perl hacker refers to a Perl program which prints Just another Perl hacker, (the comma being canonical but occasionally omitted) using extremely obfuscated methods, typically ones based on obscure behaviours of sometimes rarely-used functions, in the spirit of the Obfuscated C Contest. ... John Hancocks signature on the United States Declaration of Independence A signature is a usually stylized version of someones name written on documents as a proof of identity and will, like a seal, but handwritten. ...

Schwartz's name is also associated with the Schwartzian transform, a trick to efficiently sort a list according to a computation, without repeating the computation many times for each element of the list. The Schwartzian transform is a technique in computer programming used to efficiently sort an array by using the result of a computation-heavy operation without re-computing that result for every comparison performed by the sort subroutine. ...

Since 1985, Schwartz has owned and operated Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ...

State of Oregon vs. Randal Schwartz

In July 1995, Schwartz was brought to trial in the case of State of Oregon vs. Randal Schwartz. According to the prosecution, Schwartz illegally bypassed computer security in order to gain access to a password file while working as a consultant for Intel. According to Schwartz, he was only trying to show that management employees of Intel were selecting passwords that could be easily guessed by individuals who then could compromise computer security. July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) (HKSE: 4335) (founded 1968) is a U.S.-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ...

Schwartz was convicted on three felony counts. On September 11, 1995, he was sentenced to several years probation, a fine of US$68,000, and left to pay about US$170,000 in personal legal bills. Jump to: navigation, search September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search USD redirects here. ...

Bibliography

• Programming Perl, ISBN 0937175641; ISBN 1565921496 (2ed)
• Learning Perl, ISBN 1565920422; ISBN 1565922840 (2ed); ISBN 0596001320 (3ed); ISBN 0596101058 (4ed) [1] (2005)
• Learning Perl on Win32 Systems, ISBN 1565923243
• Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules [2] (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

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External links

• Original text from his bio at one of his many columns
• O'Reilly's author page with bio
• Randal's web page
• Perl Mongers website
• State of Oregon vs. Randal Schwartz
• perlfaq(4) How do I sort an array by (anything)?, the Perl FAQ entry on the Schwartzian Transform
• The Perl Monastery where Schwartz regularly answers questions under his handle merlyn.