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 > > Except it was never “PERL”, always “Perl”.

Tell that to the Camel book.

 > I remember it as being an acronym for Programmer's Eclectic Report 
 > Language = hence all-caps.

Practical Extraction and Report Language, or Pathologically Eclectic
Rubbish Lister, according to the creators.

De