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I think we've been a bit unfair to Mr. Clinick.Agreed. The article as a whole is very positive towards Perl and hugely respectful of Larry Wall and his contribution to the scripting world. I included this quote because it contains a lesson: it shows how Obfuscation Contests can be used as a propaganda weapon to damage Perl's reputation. Since attempting to outlaw Perl obfu contests is clearly absurd, the best we can do to protect Perl's reputation is to respond promptly and accurately -- as brian_d_foy and merlyn did above. BTW, I heard a rumour (but I'm damned if I can find anything with google now) that O'Reilly did not sponsor the TPJ Obfuscated Perl Contests because they felt they would project the wrong image of Perl. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this rumour?
Perl actually stands for Practical Extraction and Report LanguageTo nitpick with Mr Clinick, I refer to the draft Oxford English Dictionary entry cited on history.perl.org: I love it that PERL is considered "irregular". :-) Update (2024): as pointed out by Athanasius in Re^3: Google Research releases... PERL!: According to Perl (wikipedia) : Wall wanted to give the language a short name with positive connotations. It is also a Christian reference to the Parable of the Pearl from the Gospel of Matthew. However, Wall discovered the existing PEARL programming language before Perl's official release and changed the spelling of the name and dropped the "a" from the name. The existing language PEARL was an acronym for Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language. In reply to Re^2: The Lighter Side of Perl Culture (Part III) - origin of the name Perl
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