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$ perldoc perl NAME perl − Practical Extraction and Report Language ...
by tingletech 15y ago
$ perldoc perl
NAME
perl − Practical Extraction and Report Language
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- fferen 15y agoFrom Wikipedia: "There is some contention about the all-caps spelling "PERL", which the documentation declares incorrect[28] and which some core community members consider a sign of outsiders.[29] The name is occasionally backronymed as Practical Extraction and Report Language, which appears at the top of the documentation[27] and in some printed literature.[30]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl#Name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl#Name