Re: Perl Programming within Debian
Greg Folkert <greg@gregfolkert.net> wrote:
> > > Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
> >
> > Or, Practical Extraction and Report Language (per the man page)
> >
> > > Positively Eclectic Rubbish Lister
> >
> > Or, Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister (per the Camel Book)
>
> I see, you don't read this list totally. (You or Keeling)
>
> Perl is Perl, nothing else. Even though the man page says so... Or the
> Camel Book or whatever.
>
> I've been admonished by Perl core team members and Perl Monks and many
> from the Perl mailing lists.
Perl is a bastardization of "Pearl". Larry Wall intended to call the
langauge "Pearl".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl
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