Perl Tip 1: 'What's the right way to write "Perl"'

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  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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