Please forgive me if this is covered in another node somewhere but I'm going to be a heretic and ask: what are some good ways to quickly make a big impression on people (most likely kids) with perl?

For instance, if I were to sit down at my brothers computer and download strawberry perl, what could I easily do to make my nieces and nephew say "Ooh, cool!"?

Something short to type that hopefully didn't rely on too many CPAN modules would be preferable. I mainly just need ideas. I'm a programmer but it's so hard to explain what exactly that means to non-technical people and I'd like some way to show them what I'm capable of instructing computers to do, you know?

In reply to Quick Programs to make Big Impression by bennymack

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