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claims that the first JAPH was simply (note the punctuation): print "Just another Perl hacker," This ancient JAPH was penned in 1988 by a Portland Oregon hacker, currently sobering up after his wild 50th birthday party. /-\ ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Yoak <j...@yoak.com> To: Randal L. Schwartz <mer...@stonehenge.com> Cc: fwp@perl.org Sent: Friday, 25 November 2011 7:41 AM Subject: Re: Rate my JAPH On Nov 24, 2011, at 3:57 AM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > If there were points for "earliest JAPH", I'd get an unfair advantage. :) I believe this fragment was discovered at an archeological site from the late paleolithic era from somewhere near Portland.
