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in thread Developer::Perl::Find
Since I arrived late to the party, I think I first discovered this tidbit in the Wiki article, which I believe explains it pretty well:
-Adam
- Perl was originally named "Pearl", after "the pearl of great price" of Matthew 13:46. Larry Wall wanted to give the language a short name with positive connotations, and claims he looked at (and rejected) every three- and four-letter word in the dictionary. He even thought of naming it after his wife Gloria. Before the language's official release, Wall discovered that there was already a programming language named Pearl, and changed the spelling of the name.
- perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
-Adam
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