>>>>> "Tanton" == Tanton Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tanton> I'm writing an academic paper in which I used Perl...so I
Tanton> want to make sure I get the names right. If I'm talking
Tanton> about the perl interpreter I use lower case like I just did.
Tanton> But, if I'm talking about the Perl language, I use an
Tanton> uppercase P like I just did...is this correct?
Yes.
See perlfaq1 for clarification, paste enclosed.
- Chris.
Found in /usr/share/perl/5.6.1/pod/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
implementation 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. But never write "PERL", because perl isn't really an
acronym, apocryphal folklore and post-facto expansions
notwithstanding.
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