Allison Randal
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| Occupation(s) | Programmer, Author |
| Employer | Hewlett-Packard |
| Known for | Parrot, Perl |
Allison Randal is a software developer and author. She was the chief architect of the Parrot virtual machine, a member of the board of directors for The Perl Foundation,[1] a member of the board of directors for the Python Software Foundation ,[2] and a Chairman of the Parrot Foundation.[3] She is also the lead developer of Punie, the port of Perl 1 to Parrot. She is co-author of Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials and the Synopses of Perl 6. She was employed by O'Reilly Media. From August 2010 till February 2012, Randal was the Technical Architect of Ubuntu at Canonical.[4][5] She is currently a director of the Open Source Initiative[6] and since May 2015 has been its President.[7]
In 2009, Randal was chair of O'Reilly's Open Source Convention (OSCON).[8]
References
- ^ Perl Foundation's Who's Who list
- ^ PSF Membership Roster
- ^ Parrot Foundation
- ^ New Job, New Blog by Allison Randal Aug. 20, 2010
- ^ Randal, Allison. "Allison Randal: Open Source Strategist". LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ "OSI Board Changes 2014". 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- ^ Phipps, Simon. "Handing On The Baton". Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ Allison Randal - O'Reilly Radar
External links
- "here be unicorns", Allison Randal's blog
- An Interview with Allison Randal by Simon Cozens of perl.com
- Interview with Allison Randal by The Perl Review
- The Perl Programming Language
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