Perl Mongers
Encyclopedia
Perl Mongers is part of The Perl Foundation
and provides services to user groups for the Perl
programming language.
Perl Mongers was created in 1998 as a stand-alone organization by brian d foy
who formed the first Perl users group, the New York Perl Mongers, or NY.pm, in 1997 at the First O'Reilly
Perl Conference. The ".pm" plays off the conventional file extension for a Perl module and "Perl Mongers" is a backronym
for that. Originally, brian d foy's idea was to name the group after the Perl regular expression
/New York Perl M((o|u)ngers|aniacs)*/, but "Perl Mongers" became the popular expression of that.
Soon after NY.pm announced its formation, the second Perl Mongers group was started by Chris Nandor in Boston. Others followed, in the District of Columbia
, Los Angeles
, and St. Louis
. By the mid-1998, groups had formed in Atlanta
, Chicago, London
, Minneapolis
, Montreal
, Philadelphia
, San Francisco
, and Seattle
. By the end of 1998, there were also groups in Amsterdam
, Blacksburg
, Champaign
, Dayton
, Lisbon
, Melbourne
, Pittsburgh
, Rhode Island
, Stockholm
, Sydney
, Grand Rapids, Michigan
, and Vancouver
.
At the Second O'Reilly Perl Conference in 1998, brian d foy, David H. Adler and Adam Turoff helped to create over 100 new Perl user groups by providing a means for people to connect with others in their area. Perl Mongers provided services including web hosting, mailing list
s, and user group leader discussions.
The Grand Rapids Perl Mongers initially wanted to call themselves the Grand Rapid's Perl Monkees, but brian d foy wouldn't let them. In the early days of Perl Mongers, he was concerned with the unity of effort
and tried not only to start new user groups, but get groups to participate in the Perl Mongers framework as an overriding organization.
In 2000, Perl Mongers became part of The Perl Foundation
where it continues its mission to organize and serve Perl user groups.
In Dave Cross
's 2005 Perl Mongers Census, he recorded 178 active Perl user groups.
The Perl Foundation
The Perl Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl programming language through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code...
and provides services to user groups for the Perl
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...
programming language.
Perl Mongers was created in 1998 as a stand-alone organization by brian d foy
Brian d foy
Brian D Foy is the publisher and editor of The Perl Review, a magazine devoted to Perl and co-author of several books on Perl including Learning Perl and Intermediate Perl...
who formed the first Perl users group, the New York Perl Mongers, or NY.pm, in 1997 at the First O'Reilly
O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media is an American media company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books and Web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics...
Perl Conference. The ".pm" plays off the conventional file extension for a Perl module and "Perl Mongers" is a backronym
Backronym
A backronym or bacronym is a phrase constructed purposely, such that an acronym can be formed to a specific desired word. Backronyms may be invented with serious or humorous intent, or may be a type of false or folk etymology....
for that. Originally, brian d foy's idea was to name the group after the Perl regular expression
Regular expression
In computing, a regular expression provides a concise and flexible means for "matching" strings of text, such as particular characters, words, or patterns of characters. Abbreviations for "regular expression" include "regex" and "regexp"...
/New York Perl M((o|u)ngers|aniacs)*/, but "Perl Mongers" became the popular expression of that.
Soon after NY.pm announced its formation, the second Perl Mongers group was started by Chris Nandor in Boston. Others followed, in the District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, and St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. By the mid-1998, groups had formed in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, Chicago, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
, Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, and Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
. By the end of 1998, there were also groups in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Blacksburg
Blacksburg, Virginia
Blacksburg is an incorporated town located in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 42,620 at the 2010 census. Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Radford are the three principal jurisdictions of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford Metropolitan Statistical Area which...
, Champaign
Champaign, Illinois
Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. The city is located south of Chicago, west of Indianapolis, Indiana, and 178 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Though surrounded by farm communities, Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of...
, Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
, Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
, Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...
, and Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
.
At the Second O'Reilly Perl Conference in 1998, brian d foy, David H. Adler and Adam Turoff helped to create over 100 new Perl user groups by providing a means for people to connect with others in their area. Perl Mongers provided services including web hosting, mailing list
Mailing list
A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. The term is often extended to include the people subscribed to such a list, so the group of subscribers is referred to as "the mailing list", or simply "the...
s, and user group leader discussions.
The Grand Rapids Perl Mongers initially wanted to call themselves the Grand Rapid's Perl Monkees, but brian d foy wouldn't let them. In the early days of Perl Mongers, he was concerned with the unity of effort
Unity of effort
Unity of effort is the state of harmonizing efforts among multiple organizations working towards a similar objective. This prevents organizations from working at cross purposes and it reduces duplication of effort. Multiple organizations can achieve unity of effort through shared common objectives...
and tried not only to start new user groups, but get groups to participate in the Perl Mongers framework as an overriding organization.
In 2000, Perl Mongers became part of The Perl Foundation
The Perl Foundation
The Perl Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl programming language through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code...
where it continues its mission to organize and serve Perl user groups.
In Dave Cross
Dave Cross
Dave Cross is a British technical author, known in the Perl community for his work with Perl Mongers.- Technical author :In 2001 Manning Press published Dave Cross's first book Data Munging With Perl....
's 2005 Perl Mongers Census, he recorded 178 active Perl user groups.