Re: perl should be improved and perl6

RedGrittyBrick wrote:
Gordon Etly wrote:
It appears to me that most of you who are so bent against the usage
of "PERL" are missing or just plain ignoring 'perldoc perl'

perldoc perl
NAME
perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language

SYNOPSIS
perl ...

If you're new to Perl, ...


I note that perldoc perl does NOT say
NAME
PERL - Practical Extraction and Report Language

SYNOPSIS
PERL ...

If you're new to PERL, ...

It also does not say "Perl" in the NAME line, but "perl". "PERL" comes
from the abbreviating of "Practical Extraction and Report Language"...
and why it shouldn't be a problem to use "PERL".

--
G.Etly


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