Subj : Re: Perl and other programming language
To   : comp.programming
From : Richard Heathfield
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 12:20 am

mensanator@aol.com said:

> 
> Willem wrote:
>> John wrote:
>> ) Ed Prochak wrote:
>> )> PERL is used very often though, so I'd say you are on the right track.
>> ) Perl is NOT an acronym so PERL is never used.
>>
>> 'Practical Extraction and Report Language' is a backronym, however.
> 
> And all this time I thought it was
> 
> 'Pretty Eclectic Rubbish Lister'

Pretty, it ain't.

s/Pretty/Pathologically/

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