[ jEdit-devel ] Getting back on what perl means (off topic maybe)

[Philip M. <ph...@dy...>]

Hi Mike,

Sorry to get back on you (just like Sergey I never give up :).

Here's what you said:
> sorry, Phillip. you're wrong. "Practical Extraction and Reporting
> Language" is among the many creative backformations:

Well, if it's true, then this one must be false. And one should tell Larry
about it :)):

.SH NAME
perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B perl [options] filename args
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Perl

Where is this take from ?
''' $Header: perl.man.1,v 1.0 87/12/18 16:18:16 root Exp $
'''
''' $Log: perl.man.1,v $
''' Revision 1.0  87/12/18  16:18:16  root
''' Initial revision
'''

Yup, that's right this is the man page for perl 1.0....

it's good to be right, and right to be good :)))
Philip