A freelance software engineer with experience in webapplications, databases and bioinformatics.
A contributor to Parrot and the person behind Pipp.
A physicist who worked with third sound in Helium-III and CCD X-ray detectors.
barney on irc.perl.org
github: http://github.com/bschmalhofer [github.com]
LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/bernhardschmalhofer [linkedin.com]
XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Bernhard_Schmalhofer [xing.com]
The PHP on Parrot implementation used to be called Plumhead, after the Plum-Headed Parakeet. As this name is somewhat goofy, a new name was sought. Some more or less sane variants were discussed, http://www.perlfoundation.org/parrot/index.cgi?plumhead_renaming.
And the winner is Pipp.
Thanks to Christoph Otto for getting this rolling.
Not to be confused with... (Score:1)
pip [cpan.org], the super awesome installation program.