3 ms·Huh, never noticed that. I guess the fact that's it's an acronym (unlike, say, Perl) threw me. :)by commandar 13y agoHuh, never noticed that. I guess the fact that's it's an acronym (unlike, say, Perl) threw me. :)davidw 13y agoPerl is an acronym too.draegtun 13y agoActually Perl comes from the shortening of Pearl. It then later became a backronym. ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl#Name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl#Name