On 2013-05-14, Citizen Kant <citizenk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2013/5/14 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info>
>
>> On Tue, 14 May 2013 01:32:43 +0200, Citizen Kant wrote:
>>
>> >> An entity named Python must be somehow as a serpent. Don't forget that
>> >> I'm with the freeing up of my memory, now I'm not trying to follow the
>> >> path of what's told but acting like the monkey and pushing with my
>> >> finger against the skin of the snake.
>>
>> >Python is not named after the snake, but after Monty Python the British
>> >comedy troupe. And they picked their name because it sounded funny.
>>
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python>
>>
>> I'm sorry to hear that. Mostly because, as an answer, seems to example
>> very well the "taken because I've been told how things are" kind of
>> actions, which is exactly the opposite of the point I'm trying to state.
Firstly, watch your quoting, Steve D'Aprano didn't write that despite
your claim that he did.
Secondly, if a the person who named something tells you they named it
after A rather than B, what are you going to do other than "taken
because I've been told". Are you claiming Guido lied about the source
of the name?
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