] "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."

16 is not old enough to get a drivers license in New Jersey. I had to wait till I was 17. More importantally, Perl has passed the age of consent almost everywhere.

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