I remember having read somewhere (sorry, I don't remember where exactly) about Larry Walls pains to name what he had created.

Apparently he sifted through a dictionary searching for words with some kind of positive connotation.

All the explanations like "Practical extraction and report language" or even "Pathologically ecclectic rubbish lister" came up much later. Most people recognize the second explanation as a joke but not the first.

Please tell me what Pascal stands for - or C. ;)

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