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'''Just another Perl hacker''', or '''JAPH''', typically refers to a [[Perl]] program which prints "Just another Perl hacker," (the comma is [[canonical]] but is occasionally omitted). Short JAPH programs are often used as [[signature block|signatures]] in online [[Internet forum|forums]], or as [[T-shirt]] designs. The phrase or acronym is also occasionally used (without [[code (computer programming)|code]]) for a signature.

JAPH programs are classically done using extremely [[obfuscated code|obfuscated]] methods, in the spirit of the [[The International Obfuscated C Code Contest|Obfuscated C Contest]]. More recently, as the phenomenon has become so well known, the phrase is sometimes used in ordinary examples (without obfuscation).