• Pretty, Enjoyable, Runnable Lines
• Programmatically Enabling Results, Look

I don't know about anybody else but I definitely relish leisure. :)

Looking at Coding in smileys or camel code clearly shows that Perl is an esoteric programming language, however (unlike most others) having some practical use, too ;-)

That's why I think that it really means

• Powerful esoteric reporting language.

so long! Rata.

C:\>perldoc perl
NAME
    perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
[download]

Ahem

perldoc perl |grep -C1 actually

    Perl actually stands for Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, b
+ut
    don't tell anyone I said that.
[download]

Really? I'm holding out for pushmepullyou. ;)

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To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable - Barry Goldwater

Pork Express Really Long

It doesn't. Perl is a name, not an acronym. HTH.HAND.

I do like "Perl's an Extremely Reliable Language," mostly because I have a horrid attraction to recursive acronyms.

Please Excuse … Larry.

Please Excuse Rambling Larry?

Precariously Enabling Rickety Locution

-- Avoid prolix nebulosity.

(OK, I cheetahed a little bit.)

<Crow> Parenthetical Echoes Reverberate Loudly!</Crow>

<Mike> Possibly Ethical Reasons Languish!</Mike>

<Servo> Hirsute Astronauts Revile Massachusetts!</Servo>

<Mike> No, Servo, this is P E R L...</Mike>

(Or not.)

Perl really stands for "no u".

Pedantic, because the details do count, but you should know those anyway.

Eclectic, "selecting or choosing from various sources", as in

"Perl shows its origin as an amalgamation of tools, for the purpose of being a more useful tool."

Rumpled, because lots of people have run their fingers through its hair.

Lovable, just because. I think it rubs off on the best of us here.

Altogether, like its creator.