Calling it PERL instead of Perl is a quick way to get marked as a know-nothing newbie 
%man perl
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      perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language

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You're right... only an idiot would consider that an acronym. No wait -- only a perl cultist wouldn't consider that an acronym, because that's exactly what it is, and only severe abuse of one's perceptions and/or the English language itself can change that.

However, not everyone is a perl cultist. Some of us don't believe in abusing the honorific case in English to distinguish a language from it's implementation, because unlike gods and royalty, a mere programming language doesn't deserve genuflection, and to those speakers of the English language, "Perl" is only correct if capitalized at the beginning of a sentence.

I realize this place is called Perl Monks, and that some people think it grants them license to turn into foaming at the mouth perl fantatics, but seriously -- denying the very truth before your eyes is the mark of a cultist, not a rational human free of the taint of religion.

Perl *is* an acroynm, because of the very fact it's been billed as such for well over ten years. Just because Pope Larry has decided to pull back from some of his past decrees doesn't undo the past.

Drop the religious fervour; it's not serving any purpose. Be rational, and focus on writing quality code in the language, and follow the original rules for the English language, not PerlSpeak.

In reply to Re^3: top ten things every Perl hacker should know by Anonymous Monk
in thread top ten things every Perl hacker should know by apotheon

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