BoarGules

Has lived in Ireland, South Africa, the UK, the Netherlands. Is now retired in France.

Has learnt and forgotten more programming languages than programmers who started their careers in the 21st century know to exist.

Can boast as careers:

An academic, teaching linguistics, with two years’ break as a conscript lexicographer. Was once a specialist in Middle English and Early New English.
A university administrator, responsible for producing student statistics that directly determined the university’s state subsidy.
Various IT roles, ending in a long stint supporting trading systems in merchant banking.
Amateur musician (bassoon).

Has programmed in Python for 25 years, starting with version 1.5.2. Author of a book on on writing Lua scripts against the Aion API.

en	This user is a native speaker of English.

nl-3

Deze gebruiker heeft gevorderde kennis van het Nederlands.

fr-2

Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances intermédiaires en français.

af-1

Hierdie gebruiker het basiese kennis van Afrikaans.

la-1

Hic usor simplici lingua Latina conferre potest.

ga-0

Níl aon Ghaeilge ag an úsáideoir seo (nó is deacair leis an úsáideoir seo í a thuiscint).

de-0

Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch nicht (oder versteht es nur mit beträchtlichen Schwierigkeiten).

enm-1

Þes user haþ a groundwal knowleche of Englisch.

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Latn

This user's native script is Latin.

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IPA-4

This user has a comprehensive understanding of the IPA.

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Grek-2

This user has an intermediate understanding of the Greek script.

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Cyrl-1

This user has a basic understanding of the Cyrillic script.

Python-4

This user has an expert knowledge of Python, and can write and modify complex code.

Lua-3

This user has an advanced knowledge of Lua, and can modify code written by others.

UTC+1

This user's time zone is UTC+1 and observes Daylight Saving Time according to EU conventions.