Hello Amos, On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:12:05 +1100 Amos Shapira <amos.shap...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 October 2012 19:41, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote: > > > Just a note: one should never write perl or Perl in all-capital > > letters: > > > > http://perl-begin.org/learn/Perl-perl-but-not-PERL/ > > > > Writing "PERL" is usually an indication that the person does not > > really know what they are talking about. > > > > But it's an acronym (for "Pathologically Eclectic Rubish Lister") :) > “Perl” is not an acronym, but a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym , and the name Perl was chosen first, as a compromise for the fact that Larry Wall wanted to call his language "Pearl", but there was a previous language named that - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEARL_%28programming_language%29 . He later came up with two possible expansions for "Perl", but they are not the origin: * Practical Extraction and Report Language * Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister “Pearl” was chosen after the "Parable of the Pearl" from the Gospel of Matthews: http://www.java-samples.com/showtutorial.php?tutorialid=1437 Regards, Shlomi Fish > --Amos -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Escape from GNU Autohell - http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/anti/autohell/ A kid always wishes they were older until they are 18. Afterwards, they always wish they were younger. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
