"Perl" がオックスフォード辞典に単語として掲載されたそうです。
use Perl | "Perl" Added to Oxford English Dictionary
Bert writes "'Perl' is one of the words newly added to the Oxford Dictionary of English: Perl. noun [mass noun]. Computing. a high-level programming language used especially for applications running on the World Wide Web. ORIGIN 1980s: respelling of PEARL, arbitrarily chosen for its positive connotations." We first found out this was going to happen some time ago, but now it's been published. It's on the provided list of new words, roughly between "PDF" and "personal video recorder."