On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 12:32:40PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
: Edward Peschko writes:
: : > : (is a nice city in Italy with a great symbol, the tower of Pisa).
: : > :
: : > : a 'P' at the beginning, which means 'Perl',
: : > : an 'I' which may mean 'Interpreter',
: : > : a 'S' which may means 'Six'
: : > : an 'A' which may means 'Alpha'
: : >
: : > I suggest [1]Peterbilt. </thread>
: :
: : Why not parrot, again?
:
: Too many dead parrot jokes? Too many lousy acronyms?
Indeed.
: Platform-Agnostic Rabidly Rapid Object Thrasher
:
: Urque.
:
: Since it's something underlying Perl, I'd suggest a decrement of
: "Perl", which would of course be "Perk". The Java engine would have
: to be "Perj", I guess, which seems fitting somehow. The C# engine might
: be "Peri" because it's around whether you like it or not.
:
: Then Perl language variants could go the other way and be:
:
: [snipped variations]
:
: 'Course, at that rate, we eventually get back to "Pisa"...
:
: Appearances notwithstanding, I am seriously suggesting "Perk". The name
: is, er, perky. Hopefully the implementation would be too.
I agree. There are "perks" to building Perl 6, etc.
"Think happy thoughts Peter"
Casey West
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--In a Vienna hotel
