zsdc wrote:

> John W. Krahn wrote:
>
> > Clifford Bruce wrote:
> >
> >>I am a beginner at PERL, PERL modules, and UNIX. I installed RADIATOR on
> >>my Ultra 2 with Solaris 8. Before I can configure RADIATOR I need to
> >>install several modules (e.g. MD4, ldap, openSSL). The first module I
> >>have attempted to install is MD4. I began by finding out what the
> >>default PERL path was by issuing the following command:
> >>
> >>perl -e "print qq(@INC)"
> >
> > Perl and Unix are not acronyms or abbreviations although LDAP is.
>
> Actually, Perl is an acronym of Practical Extraction and Report
> Language.

Close, not quite.  Larry has a rather perverse sense of humor, and as a
concession to the indiscriminate acronymophilia of the day, he allowed as to how
the acronym you listed  could be applied, just as could be P[adjective I have
forgotten] Eclectic Rubbish Lister

Joseph


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