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Tang showed an early interest in computers, beginning to learn [[Perl]] at age 12.<ref name=CNet>{{cite news|url=http://taiwan.cnet.com/enterprise/features/0,2000062876,20087861-3,00.htm|title=專題報導 : 尋找台灣自由軟體力量 (Special Report: Searching for the power of Taiwanese free software)|date=2000-06-28|accessdate=2007-03-22|last=Li|first=Hsin-ru|publisher=CNet Taiwan)}}</ref> Two years later, |
Tang showed an early interest in computers, beginning to learn [[Perl]] at age 12.<ref name=CNet>{{cite news|url=http://taiwan.cnet.com/enterprise/features/0,2000062876,20087861-3,00.htm|title=專題報導 : 尋找台灣自由軟體力量 (Special Report: Searching for the power of Taiwanese free software)|date=2000-06-28|accessdate=2007-03-22|last=Li|first=Hsin-ru|publisher=CNet Taiwan)}}</ref> Two years later, Tang dropped out of high school, as he was unable to adapt to student life.<ref name=ETToday/> By the year 2000, at the age of 19, he had already held positions in software companies, and worked in California's [[Silicon Valley]] as an entrepreneur.<ref name=CNet/> In late 2005, she changed both her English and Chinese names. Taiwan's [[Eastern Television]] reports that she has an [[Intelligence quotient|IQ]] of 180.<ref name=ETToday/> She is a vocal proponent for [[autodidacticism]] and [[individualist anarchism]].{{Fact|date=March 2007}} |
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Revision as of 05:21, 14 April 2007
Template:Chinesename Audrey Tang (born April 18, 1981; formerly known as Autrijus Tang) is a Taiwanese free software programmer, who has been described as one of the "ten greats of Taiwanese computing."[1]
Biography
Tang showed an early interest in computers, beginning to learn Perl at age 12.[2] Two years later, Tang dropped out of high school, as he was unable to adapt to student life.[1] By the year 2000, at the age of 19, he had already held positions in software companies, and worked in California's Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur.[2] In late 2005, she changed both her English and Chinese names. Taiwan's Eastern Television reports that she has an IQ of 180.[1] She is a vocal proponent for autodidacticism and individualist anarchism.[citation needed]
Free software contributions
Tang is best known for initiating and leading the Pugs project, a joint effort from the Haskell and Perl communities to implement the Perl 6 language;[3] she has also made contributions to internationalization and localization efforts for several Free Software programs, including SVK, Request Tracker (for which she also wrote a large portion of the code) and Slash, as well as heading Traditional Chinese translation efforts for various Open Source-related books.[1][2] On CPAN, Tang initiated over 100 Perl projects between June 2001 and July 2006, including the popular Perl Archive Toolkit (PAR), a cross-platform packaging and deployment tool for Perl 5.[4] She is also responsible for setting up smoke test and digital signature systems for CPAN.[citation needed] In October 2005, she was a speaker at O'Reilly Media's European Open Source Convention in Amsterdam.[5]
Publications
- Aker, Brian (November 2003). 架設 Slash 社群網站 (Running Weblogs with Slash) (in Chinese). Taipei, Taiwan: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 986-7794-22-2.
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References
- ^ a b c d Chen, Chun-ming (2006-02-08). "別叫我「先生」！ 電腦怪傑唐宗漢變性 改名唐鳳 (Don't call me "Mister"! Tang Zonghan changes sex, name now Tang Feng)". Eastern Television. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ a b c Li, Hsin-ru (2000-06-28). "專題報導 : 尋找台灣自由軟體力量 (Special Report: Searching for the power of Taiwanese free software)". CNet Taiwan). Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ "A Plan for Pugs". Perl.com (O'Reilly Media). 2005-03-03. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ "Author page for autrijus". CPAN.org. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ "Perl Internationalization and Haskell: an interview with Autrijus Tang". Perl.com (O'Reilly Media). 2005-09-08. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
External links
- Audrey's Pugs Journal and Personal Blog.
- An interview with Autrijus by Debby (in Mandarin)
- Podcast interview with Audrey on Perlcast
- Perl Archive Toolkit