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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Perl yet. It is named after the Parable of the Pearl from the Gospel of Matthew. But Larry Wall dropped the E because he disc
by skissane 2y ago
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Perl yet. It is named after the Parable of the Pearl from the Gospel of Matthew. But Larry Wall dropped the E because he discovered there was already another language called PEARL (a rather obscure real-time programming language from Germany)
- senkora 2y agoI guess I'll be the one to link the xkcd: https://xkcd.com/224/ https://xkcd.com/224/
- _blk 2y agoWhat does that say about the HN crowd? Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, *neither cast ye your pearls before swine*, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (Mat 7:6, KJV)
- ConceptJunkie 2y agoDepending on the source you're translating from, it's possible "swine" should really be "lusers".