A diverse and inclusive community of Perl enthusiasts here to help newcomers find their feet. Come and join us in Slack or see some of the questions which have already been answered
The Perl Chat Community (PCC) reports to The Perl Foundation which is responsible for the Perl programming language and its supporting organizations.
Our mission is to build upon Perl’s reputation as a diverse and inclusive community by providing a clear route to support for Perl newcomers through popular online platforms.
To achieve our goals we have a clear code of conduct and conflict resolution process
Andrew Solomon (London)
Perl developer and managing director of Geekuni (a provider of online Perl training) with over 20 years experience teaching software development and mathematics in academia and industry.
Tommy Butler (Utah)
Professional Perl Programmer for over 20 years, CPAN contributor, emeritus president of DFW.pm, and volunteer moderator for the Perl Programmers Facebook group. Avid mountain biker/cyclist, musician, martial artist, and proud husband and father.
Dave Cross (London)
Perl developer since about 1995. Founder of London Perl Mongers and former TPF “Chief Perl Monger”. Running Perl training courses since 2001. Author of books about Perl and frequent speaker at Perl and Open Source conferences.
Jason Lewis (Sydney)
A keen free software advocate, interests include Perl, Dancer, LaTeX and Emacs. Jason is a co-founder of Organic Trader Pty Ltd and an active scout leader in Sydney.
Lauren Allen (Texas)
Programming in Perl since 2019. Loves to work with and learn about data science. Lauren is an avid scuba diver and cook.