Dec. 18, 1987: Perl Simplifies the Labyrinth That Is Programming Language
Larry Wall created the Perl programming language. Image: Randal Schwartz/Flickr 1987: The first version of the Perl programming language is released. via Wired News
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.