From: Christopher Browne Date: 2002-06-01T12:07:26+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby jobs Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when Tim Hammerquist would write: > Sean Russell graced us by uttering: >> 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? > > I heard a (possibly joking) account that Larry intended to name the > language "pearl", but the fact that a programming language of that name > already existed, along with Larry's preference to type only 4 characters > instead of 5, caused the language to be names as it is now. There already was a language called "Pearl." Do a literature search... It's not widely used, but it exists... -- (reverse (concatenate 'string "ac.notelrac.teneerf@" "454aa")) http://www.cbbrowne.com/info/languages.html We'll know that rock is dead when you have to have a degree to get a job in it.