Just Another Perl Hacker
Just another Perl hacker, or JAPH, typically refers to a Perl program which
prints "Just another Perl hacker," (the comma is canonical but is occasionally
omitted). Short JAPH programs are often used as signatures in online forums, or
as T-shirt designs. The phrase or acronym is also occasionally used (without
code) for a signature.
JAPH programs are classically done using extremely obfuscated methods, in the
spirit of the Obfuscated C Contest. More recently, as the phenomenon has become
so well known, the phrase is sometimes used in ordinary examples (without
obfuscation). Even more recently the P of JAPH can also stand for Perl 6,
Parrot or Pugs.
The idea of using tiny Perl programs which print a signature as a signature was
originated by Randal L. Schwartz, in his postings to the newsgroup
comp.lang.perl.
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