In fact I did read the FAQ. If it's not an acronym, it sure is a coincidence.

http://search.cpan.org/src/NWCLARK/perl-5.8.4/META.yml

Note the abstract is "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language". Isn't that an "official" statement?

But I really don't want to argue about this. I'll go back to my first statement that it's all quite silly. So, I concede to you all who say Perl and not PERL. I will remain "outside of the know" :)

[exit stage left]

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