Randal L. Schwartz

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Randal L. Schwartz
Born (1961-11-22) November 22, 1961 (age 63)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesmerlyn (internet handle)
Occupation(s)Programmer, Author, Instructor
Employer(s)Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.
Known forSchwartzian transform
Websitewww.stonehenge.com/merlyn/

Randal L. Schwartz (born November 22, 1961), also known as merlyn, is an American author, system administrator and programming consultant. He has written several books on the

FLOSS Weekly
.

In 1995, while working as a consultant for Intel, he cracked a number of passwords on the company's systems. He was convicted of hacking, sentenced to five years probation, and fined. The conviction was expunged in 2007.

Career

Schwartz is the co-author of several widely used books about

Just another Perl hacker signature programs. He is a founding board member of the Perl Mongers, the worldwide Perl grassroots advocacy organization. He was a member of the Squeak Oversight Board,[1] which oversees the Squeak
programming language.

He has owned and operated Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. since 1985. After joining as co-host of

open source (FLOSS) themed podcast in 2007, he assumed the role of host in 2010 until May 2020. He has done voice work for StarShipSofa
, a science-fiction podcast.

Schwartz's name is also associated with the

spaceship operator for use in his teaching, because it reminded him of the spaceship in an HP BASIC Star Trek game.[2]

Schwartz is a member of the F/OSS community, and has been named a "Perl Expert" and interviewed by numerous outlets—to discuss his views on Perl, Ruby, Smalltalk and other topics—including

FLOSS Weekly,[7] ONLamp.com,[8] and InfoQ.[9] Schwartz was also a speaker at the 2011 OSCON conference[10] and a keynote speaker at the 2010 Texas LinuxFest conference.[11]

His various books have been met with positive reviews.[12][13]

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Intel case

In July 1995, Schwartz was prosecuted in the case of State of Oregon vs. Randal Schwartz, which dealt with compromised computer security during his time as a system administrator for

penetration testing, he cracked a number of passwords on Intel's systems.[14][15] Schwartz was originally convicted on three felony counts, with one reduced to a misdemeanor, but on February 1, 2007, his arrest and conviction records were sealed through an official expungement, and he is legally no longer a felon.[16][17]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Squeak Oversight Board Election 2011". Wiki.squeak.org. April 10, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  2. ^ "Spaceship history (was Re: [dart-misc] DEP meeting notes)".
  3. ^ Riley, Mike (June 7, 2007). "Randal Schwartz on Perl 6 and Ruby | Dr Dobb's Journal". Drdobbs.com. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  4. ^ "Randal Schwartz Interview | PaulDotCom Security Weekly TV on". Blip.tv. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  5. ^ "TCLP 2009-10-21 Interview: Randal Schwartz – The Command Line". Thecommandline.net. October 21, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "Perlcast Interview 13 – Interview with Randal Schwartz". Rblasch.org. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  7. ^ "The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte". Twit.tv. Archived from the original on July 18, 2006. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  8. ^ "An Interview with Randal Schwartz and Tom Phoenix: Authors of "Learning Perl, 3rd Edition" – O'Reilly Media". Oreillynet.com. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  9. ^ "Ruby's Roots: Smalltalk Comeback and Randal Schwartz on Smalltalk". InfoQ. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  10. ^ "Randal L. Schwartz: OSCON 2011 – O'Reilly Conferences, July 25 – 29, 2011, Portland, OR". Oscon.com. July 25, 2011. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  11. ^ "Texas Linuxfest 2010". April 12, 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  12. ^ Brown, Martin (November 3, 2005). "Book review: Randal Schwartz's Perls of Wisdom by Randal L Schwartz". Free Software Magazine (8).
  13. ^ Turner, Brian (June 22, 2006). "Book review: Learning Perl by Randal L Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy". Free Software Magazine.
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  15. ^ Pacenka, Steve (April 15, 1996)."Report of Detective P. Lazenby" (archive) Archived 17 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine (Case main Archived 31 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine).
  16. ^ Leyden, John (March 5, 2007). "Intel 'hacker' clears his name: 12-year fight ends in victory for 'white hat' password cracker". The Register. UK.
  17. ^ Pacenka, Steve (April 15, 1996). State of Oregon vs. Randal Schwartz case summary (archive). LightLink.com. (Case main Archived 31 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine).
  18. ISBN 9781449303587
    . Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  19. ^ "Learning Perl, Seventh Edition - O'Reilly Media". Oreilly.com. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  20. ISBN 9780596004781
    . Retrieved August 22, 2011.
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