Re: PERL to mean what 'perldoc perl' says is wrong?

"GE" == Gordon Etly <get@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

GE> I understand that, honestly I do, but that is not what I was asking.
GE> Quite simply, 'perldoc perl' gives an expansion, and my question is why
GE> it should be wrong to use "PERL" as a short hand for that expansion,
GE> since the expansion is found in the official docs?

why don't you just shut up about this already like you said you
would? all the people who want to use PERL are those who never help
others here. when is the last time you posted an answer to any perl
questions here? you have no standing in the perl community (here or
elsewhere) so why should your opinion matter? the retronym/backronym of
PERL is known. it is only used as a JOKE in the title and the PERL
spelling is because of the man page macros. larry doesn't use PERL. no
decent perl hacker says PERL. only the lame defenders of it here and who
never show up when real help is asked for defend its use. this isn't 12
angry men and you aren't henry fonda. there is no life on the line but
your reputation is. do you want to be known as someone who defends silly
and unsupported stuff like PERL and for nothing else? just drop this
already (don't even reply if you can help it) and move along. maybe you
will do something in the future to regain what little reputation you
might have had. but until then keep quiet. you are just digging a bigger
hole and you are about to stop seeing any sky above you.

uri

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