A very educated answer if I may say so, but how do I use it? An enlightening
link?

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Regards,
Sander


Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> On Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:45:11 +0100, "Sander" <san### [at] stolscom> wrote:
>
> >Hey Peter,
> >What is Perl ?
>
> To quote Larry, the author of Perl,
>
> "Perl actually stands for Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, but
> don't tell anyone I said that. "
>
> "The Perl motto is ``There's more than one way to do it.'' Divining
> how many more is left as an exercise to the reader. "
>
> "The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience,
> and Hubris. See the Camel Book for why. "
>
> :)
>
> It actually means Practical Extraction and Report Language. It is a
> script, interpreted language (like POV :) ) which is very suitable,
> among other things, for manipulating text streams.
>
>
> Peter Popov
> pet### [at] usanet
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