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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: (f)flush?
Message-ID: <8936@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 31 Jul 90 17:31:59 GMT
References: <7193@star.cs.vu.nl>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
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In article <7193@star.cs.vu.nl> maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) writes:
: Is (f)flush such a bad idea that it isn't to be included in `libperl.a'?
: Trivial to write, of course, but shouldn't it be STDPerl?  (I don't want
: immediate writes all the time, you know...)

Good grief.

: Trivia question: why wasn't the language called `Pearl'?  In the explanation
: of the acronym the `a' is even there!

It was originally going to be that, but I heard of another language called
that, so I shortened it.  Easier to type too.  Laziness reigns supreme.

'Sides, it's Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.

Larry