C programming tutorials?

[Steve Eley]

Ian Molton wrote:
> rbpark at ualberta.ca (Rob Park) wrote:
>>
>>$ perl -le 'print
>>pack"C*",map{hex}grep!/^$/,split/(.{2})/,"4a75737420616e6f74686572205
>>065726c206861636b65722c"' Just another Perl hacker,
> 
> Gack....
> 
> printf("Just another C hacker\n");

That works in Perl too, of course.  However, Rob is being bad here. 
He's alluding to a monumental in-joke in Perl culture without 
attributing it: the JAPH, or "Just Another Perl Hacker."  The goal of 
the exercise is to print "Just Another Perl Hacker" to standard output 
with a script that's obscure, or complex, or surprising, or just plain 
cool-looking.  It's become something of an art form.  Rob's example is 
on the very low end of JAPH complexity.  >8->

Many classic examples of the art can be found at:
http://www.cpan.org/misc/japh


Have Fun,
  - Steve Eley
    sfeley at sff.net

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