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in reply to Perl REALLY stands for:

C:\>perldoc perl NAME perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
End of argument ;-)

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^2: Perl REALLY stands for:
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 07, 2009 at 13:32 UTC
    Ahem
    perldoc perl |grep -C1 actually Perl actually stands for Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, b +ut don't tell anyone I said that.