Comments on: Explain Stuff – What is perl? http://www.explainstuff.com/2009/04/21/explain-stuff-what-is-perl/ Interesting Short Science Articles on science, health, technology, medicine. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:54:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: explainstuff http://www.explainstuff.com/2009/04/21/explain-stuff-what-is-perl/comment-page-1/#comment-9 explainstuff Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:06:45 +0000 http://www.explainstuff.com/?p=124#comment-9 Thanks a lot vecchi for the link! and the explanation of the mistake I made in the post. I honestly appreciate the fact that you took time to clearly explain it and then also post a reference link. I have now edited the post with the link to the perlfaq page. Thanks a lot vecchi for the link! and the explanation of the mistake I made in the post. I honestly appreciate the fact that you took time to clearly explain it and then also post a reference link.

I have now edited the post with the link to the perlfaq page.

]]> By: explainstuff http://www.explainstuff.com/2009/04/21/explain-stuff-what-is-perl/comment-page-1/#comment-8 explainstuff Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:05:24 +0000 http://www.explainstuff.com/?p=124#comment-8 Hey Mike! I honestly appreciate you pointing out the error in the post and I appreciate the fact that you took time to fetch the exact explanation! This is what any blogger wants from his/her visitors! Thanks again for not just plainly visiting, but also posting and pointing out the correction! Hey Mike!

I honestly appreciate you pointing out the error in the post and I appreciate the fact that you took time to fetch the exact explanation! This is what any blogger wants from his/her visitors! Thanks again for not just plainly visiting, but also posting and pointing out the correction!

]]> By: vecchi.b http://www.explainstuff.com/2009/04/21/explain-stuff-what-is-perl/comment-page-1/#comment-6 vecchi.b Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:40:20 +0000 http://www.explainstuff.com/?p=124#comment-6 Just a minor quibble. It's not PERL, it's Perl. Practical Extraction and Reporting Language is not actually an acronym, but a backronym. The name Perl was chosen by Larry Wall after dutifully going through all three and four letter-words in the alphabet. For more information on this (and why it is wrong to use all capitals), see this: <a href="http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=461339" target="_blank">http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=461339</a> Just a minor quibble. It's not PERL, it's Perl. Practical Extraction and Reporting Language is not actually an acronym, but a backronym. The name Perl was chosen by Larry Wall after dutifully going through all three and four letter-words in the alphabet.
For more information on this (and why it is wrong to use all capitals), see this:
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=461339

]]> By: mike south http://www.explainstuff.com/2009/04/21/explain-stuff-what-is-perl/comment-page-1/#comment-5 mike south Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:30:10 +0000 http://www.explainstuff.com/?p=124#comment-5 From "perldoc perlfaq1": But never write "PERL", because perl is not an acronym, apocryphal folklore and post‐ facto expansions notwithstanding. From "perldoc perlfaq1":

But never write
"PERL", because perl is not an acronym, apocryphal folklore and post‐
facto expansions notwithstanding.

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