Re: [MacPerl] The Perl Usage Survey Continues...

["Jay Bedsole" <rwdd30@email.sps.mot.com>]

David asks:

> Writing this begs another question. Is it Perl or perl?

>From perlfaq1.pod

> What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
> 
>  One bit.  Oh, you weren't talking ASCII? :-) Larry now uses
> "Perl" to signify the language proper and "perl" the implemen-
> tation of it, i.e. the current interpreter.  Hence Tom's quip
> that "Nothing but perl can parse Perl."  You may or may not
> choose to follow this usage.  For example, parallelism means
> "awk and perl" and "Python and Perl" look ok, while "awk and
> Perl" and "Python and perl" do not. 


jay

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