in 793617 20180511 072806 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >On Fri, 11 May 2018 07:20:36 +0000, Bob Martin wrote: > >> in 793605 20180511 044309 T Berger <brg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 6:45:46 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote: >>>> On 2018-05-05 17:57, T Berger wrote: >>>> > What does the "p" in "plist" stand for? Is there a python glossary >>>> > that spells out the meanings of abbreviated terms? >>>> > >>>> "plist" is "property list". It's listed in the Python documentation. >>> >>>Thanks for the answer. Missed it till now. >> >> In IBM-speak it was parameter list. > > > >But that's not where plists came from, was it? As I understand it, the >plist data format was invented by Apple, and they called it a property >list.
How old is Apple? I was using plist for parameter list in OS/360 in 1965. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
