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On 06/02/2013 12:57, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 01:12:10PM +0100, Konovalov, Vadim (Vadim)** CTR ** wrote: >>> From: Paul Johnson >> >>> You may or may not choose to follow this usage. But >>> never write "PERL", because perl is not an acronym. >> >> aha! >> my preference to always write lowercased "perl" is valid, after all! :) >> >> I can not express how much I love perl's freedom and respect of >> user's choice and also TIMTOWTDI and all this stuff... > > I agree, but I suspect there is also value in the perl (hah!) core > following its own recommendations as closely as possible. The Linux Journal has an interview with Larry, who says this In Perl's case, we realized about the time of Perl 4 that it was useful to distinguish between “perl” the program and “Perl” the language. If you find a first edition of the Camel Book, you'll see that the title was Programming perl, with a small “p”. Nowadays, the title is Programming Perl. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3394 Vadim is entitled to mis-spell anything he likes, but it doesn't make it correct! RobThread Previous | Thread Next