Perl

See also: perl

English

Etymology

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

Perl

  1. (computer languages) A family of high-level programming languages, particularly used for text processing.
    • 1999, Eric Herrmann, Mastering Perl 5‎, Sybex, →ISBN, page 5:
      Perl attracted the attention of Unix system administrators, who needed a language that was easier to use than the C programming language and more powerful than scripting languages such as Borne[sic] and C-shell.

See also

References
  1. 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.”
  2. Steve Silberman (2000 October) “Scripting on the Lido Deck”, in Wired‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2016-03-07

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /pɛʁl/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Perl f (genitive Perl, no plural)

  1. (uncountable, printing, dated) pearl: the small size of type standardized as 5 points.

Declension
Declension of Perl [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Perl
genitive einer der Perl
dative einer der Perl
accusative eine die Perl

Derived terms
  • Perlbibel

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʰɛl/

Noun

Perl f (plural Perle)

  1. pearl

Further reading
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