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My Favorite Languages
Language	Proficiency
Perl	Good
R	Good
Python	Good
Haskell	Good
C	Moderate
Maxima	Moderate
Perl 6	Rusty
Common Lisp	Rusty
PIR	Rusty
C++	Rusty

My name is Kodi Arfer.

I've contributed a bunch of task solutions, particularly in Perl 5, Perl 6, and Haskell. Nearly all of the first hundred Perl 6 solutions were my work.

I wrote UnderBot and AutoGeSHi.

I'm (er, I was?) a Rakudo hacker. I wrote a lot of the code for the DateTime, Date, and Instant classes. If you find a bug in Rakudo's time-handling facilities, it's probably my fault.

I'm only a hobbyist programmer. I have no career and almost no formal training in computer science or software engineering. Actually, I'm a psychology student. Some would say it shows.

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-{{mylang|Perl|Thorough knowledge, plentiful practice}}
+{{mylang|Perl|Good}}
-{{mylang|Maxima|Good knowledge, some practice}}
+{{mylang|R|Good}}
-{{mylang|C|Good knowledge, little practice}}
+{{mylang|Python|Good}}
-{{mylang|C++|Good knowledge, little practice}}
+{{mylang|Haskell|Good}}
-{{mylang|Haskell|Some knowledge, little practice}}
+{{mylang|C|Moderate}}
+{{mylang|Maxima|Moderate}}
+{{mylang|Perl 6|Rusty}}
+{{mylang|Common Lisp|Rusty}}
+{{mylang|PIR|Rusty}}
+{{mylang|C++|Rusty}}
 {{mylangend}}
+My name is [http://arfer.net Kodi Arfer].
-Hi there. I'm Just Another College Kid, but I'm not a computer-science major. In fact, as of yet, I've yet to receive any real formal instruction in computer science or in programming; everything I know about software, I've picked up myself in my spare time.
+I've contributed a bunch of task solutions, particularly in Perl 5, Perl 6, and Haskell. Nearly all of the first hundred Perl 6 solutions were my work.
-As you can surmise from the table, my language of choice is Perl. ("Underscore" is the English name of <code>$_</code>.) Aside from Inform 6, which nobody cares about and is already obsolete, it was my first programming language. I began my study of it when I was sixteen, and it's remained close to my heart ever since. I rarely care about the execution speed of my programs, and I prefer a language that emphasizes freedom and power over discipline and elegance, so it's a natural fit for me. Yet I must admit that lately, I've been rather drawn to Haskell, which, despite its entirely static typing and purely functional nature, gives the programmer a startling number of options.
+I wrote [[User:UnderBot|UnderBot]] and [http://rosettacode.org/geshi AutoGeSHi].
-Anywho, if you see a task that needs a Perl example, or a Perl example that needs work, give me a holler and I'll be happy to help.
+I'm (er, I was?) a [[Rakudo]] hacker. I wrote a lot of the code for the <code>DateTime</code>, <code>Date</code>, and <code>Instant</code> classes. If you find a bug in Rakudo's time-handling facilities, it's probably my fault.
+I'm only a hobbyist programmer. I have no career and almost no formal training in computer science or software engineering. Actually, I'm a psychology student. Some would say it shows.