And to think that just a few short years ago the proud father was talking about a much more respectable boyfriend. How life changes!

For some more details, check out the Perl Timeline. It also contains Larry Wall's first Perl poem, and a report of merlyn singing "Happy Birthday to Perl" on Larry's answering machine. Fun stuff!

And many more....

Unfortunately, the links to the infamous photo of merlyn calling Larry to sing "Happy Birthday, Perl" are now dead (one leads to a porn site, and the domain registration lapsed on another).

But as previously warned, I'm a packrat :) So without further ado, the crooning wizard.

Although merlyn actually made the call, a bunch of the New York Perl Mongers joined in the singing. :-)

I could have sworn I was logged in when I wrote that... :-|