From: james@...
Date: 2002-06-01T03:33:09+09:00
Subject: RE: Ruby jobs

>
> Nope. Perl is, like so many other things in the realm of computers,
> an after-the-fact acronym. It really was just "Perl" to start with,
> not standing for anything in particular.

What's been called a "backronym" or "retronym"; an acronym after the fact.




James



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> dan@sidhe.org                         have teddy bears and even
>                                        teddy bears get drunk
>