Maybe there should be a sub-section for JAPHs with links from both the craft and the obfuscated sections.

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I see what you're saying! Then again, this goes back to the definition of a JAPH... The term just-another-perl-hack(er), in my vocabulary, doesn't directy imply that one needs to write obfuscated code to be noteworthy. Someone that hacks should be regarded as code-smart and not necessarily (albeit, usually) cryptic or misleading.

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I agree that a simple

print "hello, world";
[download]

has very little merit.

In and of itself, JAPHs don't really do a whole hellovalot.

However, they demonstrate perl functionality in a very tight manner. Call it the Reader's Digest Abridged Version of perl.

Also, if those more knowledgeable about perl respond with a "better" way of doing a JAPH (or anything, for that matter), it increases the overall knowledge of the poster.