Name
Perl was originally named "Pearl", after the Parable of the Pearl from the
Gospel of Matthew. Larry Wall wanted to give the language a short name with
positive connotations; he claims that he considered (and rejected) every
three- and four-letter word in the dictionary. He also considered naming it
after his wife Gloria. Wall discovered the existing PEARL programming
language before Perl's official release and changed the spelling of the name.
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