On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:19:26 +0200, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Eric Brunel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Well, I'd definetely vote for a name change for PyPy, as in french, >> it's pronounced "pee-pee", and yes, it means what you think it >> means... ;-) > > Does that mean you pronounce the word for the serpent as "pee-thon"? Yes. > Anyway, the pronunciation of "Python" (and hence the "Py" in "PyPy") > is however you pronounce that word in the name of the comedy troupe, > Monty Python. That's where the name originates, after all. But the average frenchman will also pronounce "monty pee-thon" (I know: that's weird...). -- python -c "print ''.join([chr(154 - ord(c)) for c in 'U(17zX(%,5.zmz5(17l8(%,5.Z*(93-965$l7+-'])" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
