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• The meaning of PINA (Score:1)

  by mr_bean (3802)

  Perl Is Not (an) Acronym?
  
  I don't get it. What does PINA mean?
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by Aristotle (5147)

    Who was talking about PINA? :-)
    • Re: (Score:1)

      by mr_bean (3802)

      PINA is not a pathetic excuse for a real language? :-)
      
      That's the best antronym I've seen.
      • Re:The meaning of PINA (Score:1)

        by mr_bean (3802) on 2007.07.18 7:11 (#56340) Journal

        I went looking for where I found the backronym in the previous post. It was probably on the exim list from 2003. But I see some funny stuff with the same one.
        
        A funny list of backronyms and reinterpreted acronyms.
        URL: http://meta.uncyclomedia.org/wiki/UnSource:List_of_computing_and_technology_acro nyms [uncyclomedia.org]
        
        A zany rewriting of the history of perl at Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia:
        URL: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Perl [uncyclopedia.org]
        
        With some image alteration introducing perl:
        http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:Crest_Regular_Expressions.jpg [uncyclopedia.org]
        
        More non-computing backronyms at: Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase:
        URL: http://www.indopedia.org/Backronym.html [indopedia.org]
        
        Again at an Irish site: Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How:
        URL: http://www.irelandinformationguide.com/Backronym [irelandinf...nguide.com]
        
        I wonder if the one hacker was responsible for all these.

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