perlmeditation
Old_Gray_Bear
Recently there was a discussion in the Monastery about the confusion between 'Perl' and 'PERL' and how we could enlighten the rest of the world. This led me to contemplate the meaning of the Acronym <i>Perl</i>....
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There are the two traditional expansions
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Pathologically Eclectic Rubish Lister
Practical Extraction and Report Language
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But there are also:
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Pink Elephants Reel Liquorishly
Papal Encyclicals Read Liturgically
Peter Eats Red Licorice
Pretty Extreme Racing Line
Purple Eggplant, Rather Large
Polka-dotted Emus, Running Loose
Perfume Enhances Romantic Liasons
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The mind boggles. (And a boggled mind is not good for much)
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I Go Back to Sleep, Now.
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OGB
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