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PERL -- Practical Extraction and Report Language http://www.cs.cmu.edu/htbin/perl-man http://www.cs.cmu.edu/htbin/perl-man
by ape4 13y ago
PERL -- Practical Extraction and Report Language
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/htbin/perl-man http://www.cs.cmu.edu/htbin/perl-man
- leont 13y agoThat is an unofficial manpage for perl 4, a release that has been obsolete since 1994…
- AsymetricCom 13y agoYes, we know how to google here. We also know how to read more than a few sentences in a row, and understand context of statements.
- nzgrover 13y agoI always preferred Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister. Please note I say this lovingly, as a former Perl programmer.
- btilly 13y agoClick on the BUGS link to get to http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/Web/People/rgs/pl-bugs.html http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/Web/People/rgs/pl-bugs.... which ends with the alternate definition. Larry Wall has told me that the fact that he had two acronyms that he liked for it was one of the reasons that he chose the name Perl.
- hcles 13y agoNo, that is a backronym. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl#Name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl#Name