Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

2007-12-04 Thread Tóth Csaba
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

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

2007-12-03 Thread Tóth Csaba
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

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

2007-12-03 Thread Tóth Csaba
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 w

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

2007-12-01 Thread Tóth Csaba
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 s

Re: "Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

2007-12-01 Thread Tóth Csaba
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/catat