Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"
Dotan Cohen írta: > On 01/12/2007, Aaron Watters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Nov 30, 9:58 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Now, python3000 is coming. It's the best time to rename! >> Yes, but "Thong" would be a better name, >> due to the minimalist syntax and the >> attraction/repulsion/catatonic revulsion effect it has with >> different people from different cultural backgrounds. > > Better yet, call the language "sex". Do you have any idea what kind of > publicity we'd get? Not to mention how many google searches. man.. :)) the biggest point in this thread :DD btw in my country not much, because we write it "szex" :DD tsabi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"
Russ P. írta: >>> Newton was a great scientist, and his name is easy to spell and >>> pronounce. >> Should be, but a large proportion of the population pronounce it so >> that it rhymes with "hootin" as in "hootin n hollerin" :-) > > You can count me in that large proportion. 8^) > > The 1 also serves to identify the major version. If it ever undergoes > a major revision (as in Python3000), it could then be called Newton2, > but that would not be done more than once per decade or so. Lets evaluate from the Python3000: Newton3 (N3). +1 vote from me :) tsabi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"
Russ P. írta: > Python is a "funny" name -- in both senses of the word. No? Then > why did a comedy team adopt it? Python name is not funny for me. Even the Monty Python, because its hard to translate their jokes, and in my country they are not so popular. Just a few ppl knows them. Newton is a well knowed name in the world, and it is more serious than a comedy's name. For the past years a comedy's and a funny name maybe was ok for the language, but now we arrived into a serious era. more bank and high risk company starts to use it. Its really time to have a better name than anything what is comes from "funny". Think to "Pascal". The idea to use a genius's name is well knowed and used. If Newton is not ok (btw i think it is, he was a genius that time. and i dont care about personalities, like arrogant.. or what kind of scientist. that time phisics and math was very close, it hasnt got so tight border than today.), than look for another great scientist what is not reserved. But newton is very good: small, sounds well, great scientist or with another word: genius, already died, etc. tsabi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"
Russ P. írta: >> Python name is not funny for me. Even the Monty Python, because its hard >> to translate their jokes, and in my country they are not so popular. >> Just a few ppl knows them. > > I've heard it helps to be stoned out of your mind (i.e., under the > influence of illegal drugs), but I don't necessarily recommend it. back from jokes, im _really_ interested what is core developers, mainly Guido's opinion about the name change. tsabi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"
Dennis Lee Bieber írta: > Changing the name of the language, at this stage, means giving up > over ten years of history and rebuilding name recognition from > scratch... Along with having to rename Jython, IronPython, CherryPy, > probably Boa Constructor, the pysqlite DB adapter, numpy, scipy, > pythonwin, PythonCard, etc. Why should they rename their project too? Their is very big chance they wont be compatible with Python3000, just if they rewrite their program too! They should rename their project when they feel the name is not so good for the project. Not because _one_ (even if it is the main) of the depencency project renames itself. in my humble opinion its nonsense thinking. tsabi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
