birth_place other_names name birth_date residence article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
philadelphia , pennsylvania , united states dave rolsky david rolsky 6 december 1973 minneapolis david rolsky
 david j. rolsky programmer , author , bard college , university of minnesota , twin cities
david rolsky

david j. rolsky -lrb- born december 6 , 1973 -rrb- is an american author , computer programmer , and pro-animal activist .
he is active in the perl programming community , and has made many contributions to the moose oo framework for perl .
he has co-written two perl-related books published by o'reilly & associates : embedding perl in html with mason and rt essentials .
in 1998 he co-founded compassionate action for animals , a nonprofit group whose stated goal is to reduce the suffering of farmed animals .
rolsky is a frequent speaker at events related to the perl programming language , including yapc : : na 2011 , yapc : : europe 2010 , italian perl workshop 2009 , and the frozen perl conference series .
in 2008 rolsky was featured in code-a-thon decoded , a television program about perl and the free software movement that aired on current tv .
