RE: (2) Late night revelation of PERL (actually *not* an acronym)

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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RE: RE: (2) Late night revelation of PERL (actually not an acronym) by Macphisto (Hermit) on Nov 07, 2000 at 00:26 UTC
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....	[reply]