Damian Conway (born 5 October 1964 in

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) is a computer scientist, a member of the

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and Raku communities, a public speaker, and the author of several books. Until 2010, he was also an adjunct associate professor in the Faculty of Information Technology at

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. Damian completed his BSc (with honours) and PhD at Monash. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to

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(CPAN) and Raku (Perl 6) language design, and his training courses, both on programming techniques and public speaking skills. He has won the Larry Wall Award three times for CPAN contributions. His involvement in Perl 6 language design has been as an interlocutor and explicator of

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. He is one of the authors of the Significantly Prettier and Easier C++ Syntax (SPEC).

Books

* ''Object Oriented Perl: A Comprehensive Guide to Concepts and Programming Techniques'' (Manning Publications, 2000, ) * ''

Perl Best Practices ''Perl Best Practices'' is a programming book focusing on standard practices for Perl coding style, encouraging the development of maintainable source code. It was written by Damian Conway and published by O'Reilly. References External links *P ...

'' (

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, 2005, ) * (with "chromatic" and Curtis "Ovid" Poe) ''Perl Hacks: Tips & Tools for Programming, Debugging, and Surviving (Hacks)'' (

, 2006, )

References

External links

Damian Conway's homepageDamian Conway's old homepage
at Monash
meta::cpan modules authored by Damian ConwayInterview on How I Vim
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