Re: perl should be improved and perl6

Gordon Etly wrote:
Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
"Gordon" == Gordon Etly <get@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Gordon> Then the "difference" and the previous mentioned FAQ should be
Gordon> amended, because the main document gives "Practical
Extraction and Report Language", which can be condensed to
just "PERL". It's in the Gordon> main document so why have other
documents that are contrary to it?

"man cat" =>

NAME
cat - concatenate and print files

Does that mean I should say that "cat" is really "CAPF"?

By that logic, there ya go.

With all due respect, your logic is flawed (which I admit is rare.)

"concatenate and print files" is not written the same way as "Practical Extraction and Report Language"... 1) the former is all lowercase, the latter has capitalized letters, which yield PERL when put together. The NAME line for 'man perl' (or 'perldoc perl') clearly defines PERL in expanded form. The man for 'cat' does not.

I mean, would it be a stretch to say, "I just wrote a Practical Extraction and Report Language program!" ? If that is valid, then why wouldn't, "I just wrote a PERL program!" ? Yes, it would be more correct to write "Perl" instead, but it should not be //wrong// to write "PERL" (as an acronym for the definition given by Perl's own documentation.)

man grep

GREP(1)

NAME
grep, egrep, fgrep, rgrep - print lines matching a pattern


But grep is short for "Global Regular Expression Print" so why doesn't it say:

NAME
grep, egrep, fgrep, rgrep - Global Regular Expression Print


Instead?



John
--
Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you
can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and
in short order. -- Larry Wall
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