chromatic (programmer)

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Chromatic
Occupation(s)	Programmer, author, editor, publisher
Employer(s)	Onyx Neon, Inc. Big Blue Marble
Website	modernperlbooks.com

Chromatic is a writer and

In 2009, he founded Modern Perl Books, in part to revitalize the world of Perl and to publish materials that other publishers had neglected.[4]

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.^[5]

CPAN

While he may be most currently known for the module "Modern::Perl", chromatic originally wrote "Test::Builder", which is the foundation of the 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 "

Chromatic has been a core developer of Parrot. He was also secretary of the Parrot Foundation from 2008 until 2010.^[7]

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