From: Sean Russell <ser@...>
Date: 2002-06-01T04:46:52+09:00
Subject: RE: Ruby jobs

Dan Sugalski wrote:

> 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.

Interesting.  I wonder why Larry chose "perl", then, since "perl" isn't a 
word.  Did he intend "pearl", but simply misspell it?  Would he admit it if 
he had?  The "'perl' is an acronym' always struck me as true, via Occam's 
razor.  I know there's a FAQ for this, but I'm not /that/ curious.  I 
haven't touched perl in two or three years, and I don't expect to in the 
future.  Le Roi est mort; vive la Roi.

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