Perl
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A respelling of its original name Pearl, a reference to Matthew 13:46.[1][2] A common backronymic explanation is “Practical Extraction and Reporting Language”.
Proper noun[edit]
Perl
- (computer languages) A family of high-level programming languages, particularly used for text processing.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Matthew 13:46.: “Who when hee had found one pearle of great price, he went and solde all that he had, and bought it.”
- ^ Steve Silberman (2000 October) “Scripting on the Lido Deck”, in Wired[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 2016-03-07
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French perle (“pearl”), used by Jean Jannon for the type used in his miniature editions of Horace, Vergil, and the New Testament in the 1620s.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Perl f (genitive Perl, no plural)
- (uncountable, printing, dated) pearl: the small size of type standardized as 5 points.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Perl [sg-only, feminine]
Derived terms[edit]
Hunsrik[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Perl f (plural Perle)
Further reading[edit]
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