From: james@...
Date: 2002-06-01T04:54:58+09:00
Subject: RE: Ruby jobs

> Interesting.  I wonder why Larry chose "perl", then, since
> "perl" isn't a word.

That's a feature of Perl I really like (though not the *only* one I like).

If you search the web for "Perl", you find things related to the
programming language, not Pearl Harbor, not Pearl Paints, not anything to
do with jewelry. (Well, excepting misspellings and the like.)  Yet the name
is easy to pronounce and evokes nice imagery.

Searching for C#, on the other hand, even on MSDN, is a PITA.

And not to knock the name "Ruby", but if I want to find web sites related
to the language I tend to have to include the word "language", and negate
the presence of "Sam"  :)



James