[Kc] why "mongers?"

[Eric Wilhelm]

# from Jay Hannah
# on Friday 13 November 2009 16:31:

>The term "Perl monger" is also loosely used to described any Perl  
>hacker, evangelist, or missionary. My dictionary describes a monger as
>   "a dealer in a specific commodity". That certainly seems like what
> we are.

Yes, also: fishmonger.  A monger is not necessarily a maker, but 
certainly a merchant/dealer/purveyor.

--Eric
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