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Perl is Sweet Sixteen
surflorida writes "Perl turned sweet 16 yesterday. 'Larry Wall released Perl 1 on this day in 1987, so today Perl is 16 years old. Happy birthday Perl! You can read more about the timeline of Perl releases in perlhist.pod and at history.perl.org.' Happy birthday Perl! You are now old enough to get a US drivers license."
Well, Perl can't buy for us yet, so what's the point?
For once the "you belong in a zoo" version of Happy Birthday is applicable.
But too old for Michael Jackson. Go ahead, mod me down! Muahahaha! ;)
Better lock up the car keys...
because what hunting rifle has a bayonet lug
I remember 87 like yesterday. I remember writing 87 for the date instead of 88 on my homework. Actually come to think of it, I was in 4th grade and now am in my mid 20's. Hmmmm
Maybe it was that long ago and time is just going by too fast.
I wrote my first hello world program usinb IBM BasicA then.
http://saveie6.com/
At long last. PERL is legal!
http://siokaos.org/
Only 2 more years until shes legal, boys ;)
I've left to find myself. If you happen to see me, please, keep me there until I return.
it's no longer considered statutory...
My other sig is an import.
I could just imagine the kind of drivers license issued to Perl. First off, it would have a magnetic stripe, barcode, brail, and RFID encoded driver's license number on the back. The photo would be in the visual, infra-red, and ultraviolet spectrums. The license itself would be an actual 4d hypercube turning into your social security card, credit cards, gas cards, library cards, and translations of all the above into every language depending on the licenses orientation in space-time. In the event of emergency, the license would also be a flotation device and in the rare case of ending up on a desert island can be turned into a Swiss army knife and satellite GSM phone with GPS capabilities. Biometric identification built into the license allows it to change into the proper license for whoever is holding it. The license would be powered by a kinetic energy system similar to no-wind watches. It would also have a backup fusion generator, solar cells, hydrogen fuel cells, lithium ion battery banks, and be expandable for anti-mater generators once they become available.
Then you would lose it and it would be eaten by a snake.
Karma: SELECT `karma` FROM `users` WHERE `userid`=138474;
Yes. but it's only allowed to execute code until 11pm...and its parents damn well better not find out that it forks around, because it needs parental permission to kill a child process(should it fail to handle variables safely.)
Oh, and the kernel keeps a shotgun by the front door just in case any Java applets come around asking if Perl can go to the movies...
Please help metamoderate.
Happy birthday Perl! You are now old enough to get a US drivers license
hmm... i didn't know you needed a license to ride a camel
Marge, get me your address book, 4 beers, and my conversation hat.
Keep It Simple Stupid.
I guess we really can say Perl is sweet 16, never been KISS'd.
Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage
i could teach your daughter what to do in the back of the car for a nominal fee.
Flamebait?!? What, are the Michael Jackson fans going to come out of the woodwork and hijack the thread?
:)
You know you laughed!
"Perl looks like an explosion at an ASCII factory" - I forget who said that.
:help the damned.
Here's a fun one. (Forgive me, I've had one too many Jack and Cokes). In VIM, enter
It'll come back with "There is no help for the damned"
Har har har. THat kills me. Time for another drink.
Mod down people who tell people how to mod in their sigs
Only on slashdot, geeks make jokes about having sex with a programming language...
Maybe it can finally learn to speak english then ;^)
It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
- E. Debs
I thought this was going to be about Woz's Sweet-16 interpreter for the Apple II (see bottom of that page), but no luck. I guess it's about 28 years old now....
darn, I dated myself.
HIV Crosses Species Barrier... into Muppets
http://saveie6.com/
This means that Pearl is also legal to have sex with in most states. So, if you want to give Pearl a "pearl necklace," go right ahead. Just make sure there is no drinking involved as that might jam you up with the law
Welcome to the land of the free...pay toll ahead...no photography...please open your bag...
I couldn't afford a car for you to drive, but I have this really nice camel, chicks dig a camel.
Learn something new.
About the same amount of time it will take them to finish Perl 6!
until perl turns 21.. i have never seen what a camel looks like drunken!
It's an important milestone...0x10 years old! Whoo-hoo!
$message = $age ge 16 ? "Legal" : "Illegal"; echo $message;
If he had done that, then the only clever one-liner you could write would be:
I'd hit it /bugger this isn't FARK :(
Maybe by the time Perl is 30, it (he? she?) will have mellowed out and won't be quite as unruly as it is now...
So by sweet sixteen you are implying that a language that many geeks use is female? this makes sense now.
touch perl
finger perl
mount perl
Life is like pants... fit in or you don't fit in.
I like perl, use it every day, but any language that allows source code like this should be, like, banned by the government or something, shouldn't it??
You're totally right. Anybody who would fuck with a young girl deserves what they get.
By the way what's her AIM?
What programmers like me need is a benefactor, like the old composers and artists used to have.
;)
Nice that he found somebody
Gives a whole new meaning to "There's More Than One Way To Do It".
-- Repeat with me: "There is no right to profits".
...I can't understand a thing that it is saying!
Not trolling! I love Perl dearly 8^)
"Send an Instant Karma to me" - Yes
I knew Perl programmers loved their language. But after so many mentions of the possibility of having sex with it, I'm definetely scared.
roses are red, and ready for plucking,
you're sixteen, and ready for high school.
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
Perl would now be allowed to work until midnight on school nights, and 1AM on Fridays and Saturdays. Perl could also work up to 44 hours a week, and his employers would probably take full advantage of this.
However, even though Perl can work until midnight or 1AM, he can't drive for another six months.
He's now completely legal in PA. If he ever decides to hookup with C, it's all OK.
Still no booze, smokes, or voting. Gotta wait for that.