Perl is Sweet Sixteen

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Posted by michael on Friday December 19, 2003 @05:13PM from the jailbait dept.

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."

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Happy Birthday Perl by James+in+Iowa · 2003-12-19 17:15 · Score: 4, Funny

For once the "you belong in a zoo" version of Happy Birthday is applicable.
But too old... by mikewren420 · 2003-12-19 17:15 · Score: 5, Funny

But too old for Michael Jackson. Go ahead, mod me down! Muahahaha! ;)
16 huh? by jimi1283 · 2003-12-19 17:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Better lock up the car keys...

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At long last... by siokaos · 2003-12-19 17:16 · Score: 5, Funny

At long last. PERL is legal!

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1. Re:At long last... by Requiem · 2003-12-19 17:28 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You don't want to touch that. I've heard she's hairy.
2. Re:At long last... by endx7 · 2003-12-19 17:50 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  You don't want to touch that. I've heard she's hairy.
  
  Perl...hairy? naw...bison is hairy. (I always did personally prefer yacc)
3. Re:At long last... by Unominous+Coward · 2003-12-19 20:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You don't want to touch that. I've heard she's hairy.
  
  Dude, aren't you forgetting that TMTOWTDI?
  
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4. Re:At long last... by Chester+K · 2003-12-19 20:22 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  At long last. PERL is legal!
  
  And she knows There's More Than One Way To Do It!
  
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Never been kissed? by DaLiNKz · 2003-12-19 17:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Only 2 more years until shes legal, boys ;)

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and also by prof187 · 2003-12-19 17:16 · Score: 3, Funny

it's no longer considered statutory...

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1. Re:and also by T-Ranger · 2003-12-19 17:58 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Perl has screwed me over lots of times. Its due.
Perl Drivers License by SeanTobin · 2003-12-19 17:19 · Score: 5, Funny

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.

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1. Re:Perl Drivers License by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-19 17:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  no, no, by a python
Yes but... by SuperBanana · 2003-12-19 17:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Happy birthday Perl! You are now old enough to get a US drivers license.
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...

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license? by Coneasfast · 2003-12-19 17:22 · Score: 4, Funny

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

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Sweet 16... by oGMo · 2003-12-19 17:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Keep It Simple Stupid.

I guess we really can say Perl is sweet 16, never been KISS'd.

;-)

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Re:1987 was 16 years ago?? by Feztaa · 2003-12-19 17:42 · Score: 3, Funny

Actually come to think of it, I was in 4th grade and now am in my mid 20's. Hmmmm

Dude. You are old. I spent most of 1987 being 3 years old (the last month or so, I was 4!). I finished grade 4 in 1994.

You old fart! Who let you onto the internet? :)
Happy B- by Le+Marteau · 2003-12-19 17:48 · Score: 4, Funny

"Perl looks like an explosion at an ASCII factory" - I forget who said that.

Here's a fun one. (Forgive me, I've had one too many Jack and Cokes). In VIM, enter :help the damned.

It'll come back with "There is no help for the damned"

Har har har. THat kills me. Time for another drink.

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Re:zerg by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-19 17:49 · Score: 4, Funny

Only on slashdot, geeks make jokes about having sex with a programming language...
Hmmm by TheSpoom · 2003-12-19 17:52 · Score: 3, Funny

Maybe it can finally learn to speak english then ;^)

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1. Re:Hmmm by Le+Marteau · 2003-12-19 18:00 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  You mean, like this: (written by someone else)
  
  #!/usr/local/src/perl4.003/perl
  
  a happy greeting");
  time, to, join (@the, flock(with, $relaxed), values %and_have_fun);
  connect(with_old, $friends);
  rename($myself, $name = "ilyn");
  $attend, local($parties);
  
  pack(food, and, games);
  wait; for (it) {;};
  
  goto party;
  open Door;
  send(greetings, to, hosts, guests);
  party:
  
  tell stories;
  listen(to_stories, at . length);
  read(comics, $philosophy, $games);
  
  seek(partners, $for, $fun);
  select(with), caution;
  each %seeks, %joy;
  
  $consume, pop @and_food;
  print $name .$on .$glass;
  
  $lasers, $shine; while ($batteries) { last;};
  
  time; $to, sleep
  sin, perhaps;
  
  $rest,
  $till .$next .$weekend;
  
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2. Re:Hmmm by Qrlx · 2003-12-19 20:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Perl turned 16 2 days ago, on Dec. 18th.
  
  Happy belated birthday, anyway.
  
  Two days? Come to your senses man, we're almost two months late!
  
  (Dec 18 = Oct 22)
Re:1987 was 16 years ago?? by mbadolato · 2003-12-19 17:59 · Score: 3, Funny

Well I graduated high school in 1987 so you young whipper-snappers quit yer damn "old" comments and get the hell of my net socket before i call the cops.
Re:zerg by Billly+Gates · 2003-12-19 18:00 · Score: 4, Funny

".In NJ, I can legally have sex w/ Perl! Whoo-hoo! .. and remember, as an added bonus, there is more then one way to do it.... ;-)

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Age of consent! by charlie763 · 2003-12-19 18:03 · Score: 4, Funny

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

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I'm sorry.. by mog007 · 2003-12-19 18:16 · Score: 3, Funny

I couldn't afford a car for you to drive, but I have this really nice camel, chicks dig a camel.

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16 years, wow! by MisterFancypants · 2003-12-19 18:22 · Score: 4, Funny

About the same amount of time it will take them to finish Perl 6!
Sixteen? Perl just graduated to two hex digits. by IvyMike · 2003-12-19 18:26 · Score: 5, Funny

It's an important milestone...0x10 years old! Whoo-hoo!
Happy Birthday Perl by bdigit · 2003-12-19 18:48 · Score: 4, Funny

$message = $age ge 16 ? "Legal" : "Illegal"; echo $message;
Re:Why not interpreted C++, instead? by Waffle+Iron · 2003-12-19 18:56 · Score: 3, Funny

Suppose Larry had used his considerable brainpower to make an interpreted version of C or C++, instead of making a completely new language?
If he had done that, then the only clever one-liner you could write would be:
#include <stdio.h>
Pefect by jeeryg_flashaccess · 2003-12-19 19:44 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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Re:1987 was 16 years ago?? by dotgain · 2003-12-19 21:45 · Score: 3, Funny

That _anybody_ got laid in the '80s is enough of an eye-opener for me.
And like a typical 16-year-old... by Green+Light · 2003-12-20 01:11 · Score: 3, Funny

...I can't understand a thing that it is saying!

Not trolling! I love Perl dearly 8^)

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