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in reply to Re: On the misuse of "PERL"
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Perl (5) has no formal specification, unlike, say C.

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Re^3: On the misuse of "PERL"
by poqui (Deacon) on Mar 13, 2007 at 18:56 UTC
    True, but there is something to be said for wide acceptance in the development community; and a desire to be unambiguous in semantic description.
    How much more "official" do you want to get than "Programming Perl"?