Re: People who write perl, Perl and PERL

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: People who write perl, Perl and PERL by Anonymous Monk on Nov 24, 2005 at 17:13 UTC
It's simply BAD ENGLISH* to change the meaning of a word based upon capitalization* Really? What about "god" vs "God"? You don't see the difference there? And "March" vs "march"? Or "August" vs "august"? Changing the meaning of an acronym (even a retrofitted one) years afterwards, and then claiming it's now an "incorrect usage" is equally unworthy of consideration. Really? So you always capitalize RADAR, LASER, SONAR, and SCUBA? Or can you admit that those words, while originally being justified as acronyms, are now simply names, and can be spelled radar, laser, sonar, and scuba? You're ranting, but we're not listening.	[reply]
Re^2: People who write perl, Perl and PERL by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 24, 2005 at 20:41 UTC
No, actually, it’s “~~Pathetically~~ Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.” Although after your rant, it will probably have to become known as “Perverted English, Ruined Language.” Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re^3: People who write perl, Perl and PERL by TimToady (Parson) on Nov 25, 2005 at 18:35 UTC
Agh! Speaking of Perverted and Ruined, why do people insist on tranmogrifying "Pathologically" into "Pathetically"? Some deep linguistic reason, no doubt--there's probably a PHD waiting for whoever figures it out... `:-)`	[reply]
Re^4: People who write perl, Perl and PERL by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 26, 2005 at 00:04 UTC
Agh! I can’t believe I did that, nor do I know why. I suppose I miss my opportunity at a PhD then. But I want to at least know what I missed – would that be a PhD in psychology or one in linguistics? Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re^3: People who write perl, Perl and PERL by jonix (Friar) on Nov 24, 2005 at 22:30 UTC
Stop! Please, I need to stop laughing, my stomach aches! Best alternative acronym meaning ever, OMG :)	[reply]
Re^2: People who write perl, Perl and PERL by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Nov 25, 2005 at 12:34 UTC
What if the word "perl" starts a sentence? Admittedly, this tests the resourcefulness of the writer -- as pdcawley noted as follows while repeatedly, and inventively, avoiding starting any sentence with the awkwardly cased chromatic. ;-) Everyone's favourite differently capitalized O'Reilly employee, chromatic (maybe the new running joke should be my struggles to avoid using his name at the start of a sentence so we don't have a falling out cases) ...	[reply]
Re^2: People who write perl, Perl and PERL by blazar (Canon) on Nov 24, 2005 at 17:15 UTC
It's not a strict rule. Nobody will bash you for writing "Perl" to refer to the compiler at the beginning of a sentence, `s/(?=acronym)/back/` and you're done! And it's not "years afterwards". It was never intended to be an acronym since the beginning. It should've been clean and polished like a... ehm Pearl. But rumors are that there already existed a language called like that.	[reply] [d/l]