Perlish

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adjective

Typical of, or suited to, the Perl programming language.

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Meanings

adjectivePerlish (comparative more Perlish, superlative most Perlish)

comparative more Perlish · superlative most Perlish

  1. informalcomputingTypical of, or suited to, the Perl programming language.

    In this chapter, I'll try to present examples in a more Perlish style of Perl.

    2006, Jeffrey Friedl, Mastering Regular Expressions
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    Incidentally, the eval { } block around the method call is the Perlish way of catching exceptions.

    2004, Ian F Darwin, Java Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for Java Developers

    Second, the standard domain-specific notation you're recreating in your Perl class must conform to the Perlish precedences and associativities.

    2005, Damian Conway, Perl Best Practices

Origin

From Perl + -ish.

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APA

Perlish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Perlish

MLA

“Perlish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Perlish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Perlish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Perlish.

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