Today is a milestone .. my step-son's eighteenth birthday (he went to see Aeon Flux with some friends) and, somewhat more relevant, my fourth anniversary at Perlmonks.

I thought I knew a fair bit of Perl when I arrived here, wet behind the ears. I know lots more now, but there is still much to learn. Like reading a good book (or even *the* good book), Perl is a many coloured, many layered story.

It's cool to continue to see new people arriving at the site and asking the same newbie questions. But it's also quite possible to learn from some of the newbie questions.

Perl continues to be great fun, and Perlmonks is part of that. Once again, thank you all .. and see you next year, same time, same place.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

In reply to Happy Fourth! by talexb

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