From 72033c146ee0c87fbac69435dcc2e0b91a2465c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Vincent Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 15:15:56 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Slightly update perl.pod's "DESCRIPTION" --- pod/perl.pod | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perl.pod b/pod/perl.pod index 72dca8b..fcab79e 100644 --- a/pod/perl.pod +++ b/pod/perl.pod @@ -263,12 +263,15 @@ often point out exactly where the trouble is. Perl officially stands for Practical Extraction and Report Language, except when it doesn't. -Perl is a language optimized for scanning arbitrary +Perl was originally a language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing -reports based on that information. It's also a good language for many -system management tasks. The language is intended to be practical -(easy to use, efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, -elegant, minimal). +reports based on that information. It quickly became a good language +for many system management tasks. Over the years, Perl has grown into +a general-purpose progammming language. It's widely used for everything +from quick "one-liners" to full-scale application development. + +The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, efficient, +complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal). Perl combines (in the author's opinion, anyway) some of the best features of C, B, B, and B, so people familiar with -- 2.7.4