in reply to Late night revelation of PERL

A certain compatriot who shall remain un-named...we'll just refer to him a 'jc'...no no that's too obvious, we'll call him 'wren,' has brought up the point that it is Perl, and not PERL as I have it written. So I figured I'd mention that I usually capitalize things that are Acronyms such as PERl being ( Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister ), as well as capitalizing things that are named for references ( such as JAVA being named so because of the enormous amounts coffee imbibed by the writers ). So if you feel it should be Perl, then just squint, and it'll look that way.

Everyone has their demons....

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RE: (2) Late night revelation of PERL (actually *not* an acronym)
by ybiC (Prior) on Nov 07, 2000 at 00:21 UTC
    As I understand it, Larry Wall named the language Perl, then sometime later he or somebody thought up the 2 commonly accepted expansions.   So it isn't really an acroynm.

    Somewhere around here is a thread where Wiser Monks Than I TM set the record straight.   /me wishes PM search were case-sensitive.   8^\
        cheers,
        Don
        striving for Perl Adept

    Update: Found it - (ar0n; lay off the caps) RE: PERL Mentality.   But I agree, good monk Macphisto - s'not a big deal to me.

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      From Learning PERL foreward by Larry Wall:
      "Whatever, the magical bead grew into this rather odd looking Amulet you see before you today. See it glitter, almost like a pearl." (p xiii)

      It could easily be that. But I've always thought of it as an Acroynm. No big deal really.

      Macphisto

      Everyone has their demons....
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