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Perl is sometimes called the "Practical Extraction and Report Language", although it has also been called a "Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister", among other expansions. It's actually a backronym, not an acronym, since Larry Wall, Perl's creator, came up with the name first and the expansion later. That's why 'Perl' isn't in all caps. There's no point in arguing that expansion is correct: Larry endorses both.
Perl's strongest point is its extremely powerful built-in facilities for pattern-directed processing of textual, line-oriented data formats; it is unsurpassed at this.
perl has always been the go-to language for any task that involves pattern-matching input
Perl is used quite extensively in Debian. Not only are some core functions written in Perl, but there are over 700 packages in unstable that have perl in their name (Mar 2004).
This document describes the steps to be taken to effectuate a rename of Perl 6 to Raku
Perl's unparalleled ability to process text...
All language designers have their occasional idiosyncracies. I'm just better at it than most.
The plan remains that there will be a Perl 7 bump, but not immediately after 5.34.0 is released. ... We don't think that we can deliver on [Perl 7] in 12 months.
... we seem to be giving up absolutely nothing. Nobody has ever been able to show a practical downside
"Perl" is a family of languages, "Perl 6" is part of the family, but it is a separate language that has its own development team. Its existence has no significant impact on the continuing development of "Perl 5".
All language designers have their occasional idiosyncracies. I'm just better at it than most.
"Perl" is a family of languages, "Perl 6" is part of the family, but it is a separate language that has its own development team. Its existence has no significant impact on the continuing development of "Perl 5".
This document describes the steps to be taken to effectuate a rename of Perl 6 to Raku
Perl's strongest point is its extremely powerful built-in facilities for pattern-directed processing of textual, line-oriented data formats; it is unsurpassed at this.
perl has always been the go-to language for any task that involves pattern-matching input
Perl's unparalleled ability to process text...
The plan remains that there will be a Perl 7 bump, but not immediately after 5.34.0 is released. ... We don't think that we can deliver on [Perl 7] in 12 months.
Perl is used quite extensively in Debian. Not only are some core functions written in Perl, but there are over 700 packages in unstable that have perl in their name (Mar 2004).
