Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Practical Extraction and Reporting Language > > > > Or, Practical Extraction and Report Language (per the man page) > > > > > Positively Eclectic Rubbish Lister > > > > Or, Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister (per the Camel Book) > > I see, you don't read this list totally. (You or Keeling) > > Perl is Perl, nothing else. Even though the man page says so... Or the > Camel Book or whatever. > > I've been admonished by Perl core team members and Perl Monks and many > from the Perl mailing lists.
Perl is a bastardization of "Pearl". Larry Wall intended to call the langauge "Pearl". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]