PEARL
1. A language for {constructive
mathematics} developed by Constable at {Cornell University} in
the 1980s.
2. {Process and Experiment Automation
Real-Time Language}.
3. One of five pedagogical languages
based on {Markov} {algorithms}, used in "Nonpareil, a Machine
Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of
Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London
(1968). Compare {Brilliant}, {Diamond}, {Nonpareil}, {Ruby}.
4. A multilevel language developed by Brian Randell
ca 1970 and mentioned in "Machine Oriented Higher Level
Languages", W. van der Poel, N-H 1974.
5. An obsolete term for {Larry
Wall}'s {PERL} programming language, which never fell into
common usage other than in typographical errors. The missing
'a' remains as an atrophied remnant in the expansion
"Practical Extraction and Report Language".
["Programming Perl", Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz,
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA. ISBN
0-93715-64-1].
(2000-08-16)