More of a curiosity than a real obfuscation. Employs the rarely used Slashdot variable in the last line. ;-) 
    open  Japh,">Just_Another_Perl_Hacker.xls" and binmode Japh;
    $/    = pack "C2v2V2VdC2V2v", 9,8,8,5,16,0,10,0,4,2,32,0,24;
    $\    = pack "V",             +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1;
    print Japh $/.                   'Just Another Perl Hacker';

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Update: This creates an Excel binary JAPH.

This will work on Unix but you will have to view the output in Excel. Gnumeric and OpenOffice can't read this because it exploits a backwards compatibilty loop-hole in Excel.

John.
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In reply to The Man who Japhed. by jmcnamara

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