Once Upon Perl Acronyms

Once upon a time, <p class="fragment">a guy named Larry Wall</p> <p class="fragment">created a language called Perl.</p>

He became the BDFL <p class="fragment"> of this PL</p> <p class="fragment">which values are TIMTOWTDI,</p> <p class="fragment">DWIM,</p> <p class="fragment">POLA</p> <p class="fragment">and as all UNIXes:</p> <p class="fragment">KISS</p> <p class="fragment">and DOTADIW.</p>

Perl enhances some key concepts <p class="fragment">of AWK,</p> <p class="fragment">SED <p class="fragment">or GREP</p> <p class="fragment">and even provides ACK</p> <p class="fragment">and leads industry *standard* REGEX</p> <p class="fragment">(PCRE)</p>

PPL started to ❤️ Perl, <p class="fragment">meeting in PM groups</p> <p class="fragment">and calling themself JAPH.</p>

Eventually, big-sized meetings appeared <p class="fragment">like YAPC, </p><p class="fragment">TPC </p><p class="fragment">and TPRCIC </p><p class="fragment">(or chartreuse-sized ones like PTS)</p>

There were also associations <p class="fragment">like TPF</p> <p class="fragment">or EPO</p> <p class="fragment">and individuals</p> <p class="fragment">like YOU</p> <p class="fragment">and ME.</p>

FYI in 2021, <p class="fragment">I decided to organize TEM</p> <p class="fragment">because hey, YOLO!</p>

Technically speaking, <p class="fragment">you can say Perl</p> <p class="fragment">or perl</p> <p class="fragment">but not PERL</p> <p class="fragment">nor the horrific PEARL... 😱</p>

And if you don't know, <p class="fragment">go on IRC</p> <p class="fragment">and ask PURL! 🤖</p>

People say <p class="fragment">"Only perl can parse Perl"</p> <p class="fragment">but there is PPI,</p> <p class="fragment">PPR</p> <p class="fragment">and PLS.</p>

Interfacing with native extensions is easy <p class="fragment">with FFI,</p> <p class="fragment">XS,</p> <p class="fragment">SWIG<p class="fragment"> or WASM</p> <p class="fragment">(and even easier with NCI in Raku).</p>

Perl lovers contribute <p class="fragment">to the CPAN w/ ❤️</p> <p class="fragment">via PAUSE</p> <p class="fragment">so Perl users can use CPANP,</p> <p class="fragment">CPANM</p> <p class="fragment">or CPM</p> <p class="fragment">to DRY.</p>

You can browse MetaCPAN <p class="fragment">for DBI,</p> <p class="fragment">EUMM,</p> <p class="fragment">MB,</p> <p class="fragment">LWP</p> <p class="fragment">or PDL</p> <p class="fragment">or even some idiot ACME.</p>

Each DIST <p class="fragment">contains a whole lot of DOC</p> <p class="fragment">in a format named POD</p> <p class="fragment">and even a dedicated RT Q.</p>

If you're in trouble, <p class="fragment">have a look at HOP</p> <p class="fragment">or PBP.</p>

IMHO <p class="fragment">it is a good PPT,</p> <p class="fragment">but maybe a bit WTF...</p> <p class="fragment">IDK 🤷‍♂️</p> <p class="fragment">THX for attending</p> <p class="fragment">and FWIW</p> <p class="fragment">here is a well deserved GIF</p>

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