--- Jan Claeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Op Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:20:52 +1300, schreef greg:
>
> > If you want a really appropriate name for a
> programming language, I'd
> > suggest Babbage. (not for Python, though!)
>
> Konrad Zuse wrote the first high-level programming
> language, so I thin
Op Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:20:52 +1300, schreef greg:
> If you want a really appropriate name for a programming language, I'd
> suggest Babbage. (not for Python, though!)
Konrad Zuse wrote the first high-level programming language, so I think
his name would be a better candidate...
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Monty Python pioneered (or at least pioneered the organized televising
of) a form of humor where there is no punchline or reason something is
funny, it just is (or isn't). I find about half of it very funny, and
the rest very unfunny. I used to find it more hilarious than I do
now. It's an extre
Terry Reedy wrote:
> "Tóth Csaba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> |
> | >> 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.
The jokes translate just fine in my co
Boris Borcic a écrit :
> Piet van Oostrum wrote:
>
>>> "Adrian Cherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (AC) wrote:
>>
>>
>>> AC> For that matter C# is no better, I thought that # was pronounced
>>> AC> hash, I still refer to C# as C-hash.
>>
>>
>> Are you musically illiterate?
>
>
> Note that the notat
Boris Borcic wrote:
> Piet van Oostrum wrote:
>>> "Adrian Cherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (AC) wrote:
>>
>>> AC> For that matter C# is no better, I thought that # was pronounced
>>> AC> hash, I still refer to C# as C-hash.
>>
>> Are you musically illiterate?
>
> Note that the notation for the n
> "Adrian Cherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (AC) wrote:
>AC> Piet van Oostrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
>AC> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
"Adrian Cherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (AC) wrote:
>>>
>AC> For that matter C# is no better, I thought that # was
pronounced AC> hash, I still refer t
Piet van Oostrum wrote:
>> "Adrian Cherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (AC) wrote:
>
>> AC> For that matter C# is no better, I thought that # was pronounced
>> AC> hash, I still refer to C# as C-hash.
>
> Are you musically illiterate?
Note that the notation for the note (!) isn't universal. French
Piet van Oostrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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>> "Adrian Cherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (AC) wrote:
>
>>AC> For that matter C# is no better, I thought that # was
>>pronounced AC> hash, I still refer to C# as C-hash.
>
> Are you musically illiterate?
Yup! The limits of
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> I wouldn't be that harsh... Though I've never heard # as "hash"...
Python programmer and never heard of the hashbang? :)
Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign
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Piet van Oostrum wrote:
> "Adrian Cherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (AC) wrote:
>> For that matter C# is no better, I thought that # was
>> pronounced hash, I still refer to C# as C-hash.
>
> Are you musically illiterate?
I wonder what Cb (C-flat) would be. Ada? :)
Regards,
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> "Adrian Cherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (AC) wrote:
>AC> For that matter C# is no better, I thought that # was pronounced
>AC> hash, I still refer to C# as C-hash.
Are you musically illiterate?
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On Dec 4, 2007 10:02 AM, George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 3, 12:50 pm, "Russ P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I know this because I've been through it myself. When I tell people
> > that I use Python, I often qualify it by pointing out that it is used
> > extensively at Google.
"Russ P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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ups.com:
> Speaking of stupid names, what does "C++" mean? I think it's
> the grade you get when you just barely missed a "B--". But I
> can't deny that it *is* good for searching.
>
For that matter C# is no better, I thought that #
On 04/12/2007, Hendrik van Rooyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "Dotan Cohen" wrote:
>
> > Newton was the bridge between science and superstition. Without him,
> > we would not have science. For that he is notable. He is both magician
> > and scientist. It was Newton's belief in the occult that l
Russ P. wrote:
> If I had invented Python, I would have called it Newton or Euler,
> arguably the greatest scientist and mathematician ever, respectively.
This makes your taste on the matter dubious.
Such choice of a name implies either a claim to the fame of the Person that's
devoid of substanc
Russ P. wrote:
> Speaking of stupid names, what does "C++" mean?
According to Special Relativity, C++ is a contradiction in terms :)
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"Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>En Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:49:36 -0300, Dennis Lee Bieber
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
>> How about the cognate: Kulkukan?
>You meant Kukulkan. If you got it wrong from "Apocalypto" (Mel Gibson),
>well, it's just one of many errors in the film...
Ei
"Dennis Lee Bieber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Euler? (most non-tech types would probably think that's a reference
> to someone who squirts lubricants into the workings of a steam engine)
You have just destroyed a long held image in my mind with this
horrible homophone - I used to conjure up i
En Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:49:36 -0300, Dennis Lee Bieber
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> How about the cognate: Kulkukan?
You meant Kukulkan. If you got it wrong from "Apocalypto" (Mel Gibson),
well, it's just one of many errors in the film...
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On 4 Dec 2007 13:40:47 GMT, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
> On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:31:55 +0100, Zara wrote:
> >
> > He meant quetzatcoatl. We could rename the language.
>
> That name is already taken in the progr
On Dec 3, 12:50 pm, "Russ P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know this because I've been through it myself. When I tell people
> that I use Python, I often qualify it by pointing out that it is used
> extensively at Google. In other words, I'm banking on the reputation
> of Google to offset the go
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:31:55 +0100, Zara wrote:
>> He meant quetzatcoatl. We could rename the language.
>
> That name is already taken in the programming language domain.
> There's a Tiny C compiler for 6510 based targets:
Uh, why don't take one of his aliases?
On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:31:55 +0100, Zara wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:51:35 +0200, "Dotan Cohen"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>On 30/11/2007, Gerardo Herzig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> You will be eaten by the Snake-Ra god tonight!
>>
>>Wasn't Ra the Sun god?
>>
>
> He meant quetzatcoatl
On Dec 4, 11:53 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Dec 4, 11:36 am, MarkE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ithon
>
> Pie - Fun
Pie-a-thon?
http://montypython.tribe.net/thread/fd519910-25e3-4102-b898-8815d6ece32a
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirstywombat/1862165664/
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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
On Dec 4, 11:36 am, MarkE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ithon
Pie - Fun
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On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:40:10 -0800 (PST), "Russ P."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Dec 1, 12:47 pm, "J. Clifford Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 12:10 -0800, Russ P. wrote:
>> > On Dec 1, 2:10 am, Bjoern Schliessmann > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > Russ P. wrote:
>> >
On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:51:35 +0200, "Dotan Cohen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 30/11/2007, Gerardo Herzig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> You will be eaten by the Snake-Ra god tonight!
>
>Wasn't Ra the Sun god?
>
He meant quetzatcoatl. We could rename the language. Now try qith
Quetzatcoatl and it
"Dotan Cohen" wrote:
> Newton was the bridge between science and superstition. Without him,
> we would not have science. For that he is notable. He is both magician
> and scientist. It was Newton's belief in the occult that led to his
> discovery of gravity: the fact that distant objects could i
On Dec 3, 5:39 pm, "Russ P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2:40 pm, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Until the OP posted his lastest 'why', I assumed this proposal was an April
> > Fools' post that he just could not wait to post. In fact, given that the
> > effective cost wo
On Dec 3, 2:40 pm, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Until the OP posted his lastest 'why', I assumed this proposal was an April
> Fools' post that he just could not wait to post. In fact, given that the
> effective cost would be in the $millions, I an still not sure he is sanely
> seri
On Dec 3, 3:09 pm, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> People who claim that everyone would agree with them if they'd only
> open their minds or think out of the box are worth more than a few
Never said anything like it. It's a red herring that you either
imagined or made up.
> points on
On Dec 3, 2007 4:26 PM, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2:12 pm, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 3, 2007 4:02 PM, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Dec 3, 1:47 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > Bullshit. Nowadays
Michael Terry wrote:
>
>Folks admire Newton for some of his breathtaking insights, not because
>of his methods. The scientific method is a tool.
As was Newton, according to many of his contemporaries.
> The results are far more important than the tool.
Yep.
Jim
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Russ P. schrieb:
> On Dec 3, 1:58 pm, "Dan Upton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> ...and thus, maybe the joke is on you? Just to play devil's advocate...
>
> Yes, the joke *is* on me -- every time I have to explain to someone
> why I am using this funny-sounding language. That's the point.
Yeah
"Tóth Csaba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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| >> 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.
|| back from jokes, im _really_ inter
On Dec 3, 2:12 pm, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2007 4:02 PM, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 3, 1:47 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Bullshit. Nowadays, anyone serious (since you seem to worry quite a lot
> > > about "being se
On 2007-12-03, Michael Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> !!!
>
> Folks admire Newton for some of his breathtaking insights, not
> because of his methods. The scientific method is a tool. The
> results are far more important than the tool.
Right. The biggest weakness in the scientific method is th
On 2007-12-03, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
>> Second, python also means snake, snake is not a good thing in
>> western culture. Many people dislike any things relevant to
>> snake. We must have high regard for the custom.
>>
>> Now, python3000 is co
!!!
Folks admire Newton for some of his breathtaking insights, not because
of his methods. The scientific method is a tool. The results are far
more important than the tool.
Also, it's not a game. His wacky ideas don't cancel out his brilliant ones.
If you want to say that he technically wasn't
On Dec 3, 2007 4:02 PM, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 3, 1:47 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Bullshit. Nowadays, anyone serious (since you seem to worry quite a lot
> > about "being serious") about IT knows what Python is and who uses it.
> > Heck, even MSV
On Dec 3, 1:58 pm, "Dan Upton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...and thus, maybe the joke is on you? Just to play devil's advocate...
Yes, the joke *is* on me -- every time I have to explain to someone
why I am using this funny-sounding language. That's the point.
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On Dec 3, 1:47 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bullshit. Nowadays, anyone serious (since you seem to worry quite a lot
> about "being serious") about IT knows what Python is and who uses it.
> Heck, even MSVS now has support for Python and there's an official CLR
> port of it.
On Dec 3, 2007 4:34 PM, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm amazed that anyone here answered this obvious troll...
>
> I doubt the original post was a troll, but the statement above clearly
> is.
>
> You are entitled to your opinion about the idea of changing the name
> of the language, bu
On Dec 3, 1:04 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:11:19 +, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> > To paraphrase Bertrand Russell, Newton was too successful.
> > Over-veneration of Newton was eventually an impediment to progress--this
> > was not, of cour
Russ P. a écrit :
>>I'm amazed that anyone here answered this obvious troll...
>
>
> I doubt the original post was a troll, but the statement above clearly
> is.
Then your trollometer is broken. Got and get yourself a working one.
> You are entitled to your opinion about the idea of changing th
> I'm amazed that anyone here answered this obvious troll...
I doubt the original post was a troll, but the statement above clearly
is.
You are entitled to your opinion about the idea of changing the name
of the language, but calling it a troll is just arrogance on display.
Python3000 is expect
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:29:58 -0800, Russ P. wrote:
>> He might have been a great intellectual but he was no scientist. It's
>> only by ignoring the vast bulk of his work -- work which Newton himself
>> considered *far* more important and interesting than his work on
>> physics and mathematics -- t
On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:11:19 +, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> To paraphrase Bertrand Russell, Newton was too successful.
> Over-veneration of Newton was eventually an impediment to progress--this
> was not, of course, his fault.
Given that the veneration of Newton was very much a product of Newton's
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
> Python is a good programming language, but "Python" is not a good
> name.
>
> First, python also means snake, Monty Python. If we search "python" in
> google, emule, many results are not programming resource. If we search
> PHP, all results are programming resource.
On Dec 3, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Tóth Csaba wrote:
> 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 yo
Tóth Csaba wrote:
> back from jokes, im _really_ interested what is core developers, mainly
> Guido's opinion about the name change.
I'm pretty sure it's, "Not a chance."
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that is made terrible by our ow
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
> 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 re
Russ P. wrote:
> On Dec 3, 8:22 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> The only reason to change the name would be because of some serious
>> bad PR that came onto Python, thus causing its branding name to be
>> catagorized as something bad.
>>
>> However this is not the case, presently, and the bran
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
On Dec 3, 8:22 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The only reason to change the name would be because of some serious
> bad PR that came onto Python, thus causing its branding name to be
> catagorized as something bad.
>
> However this is not the case, presently, and the brand name is well
> establishe
The only reason to change the name would be because of some serious
bad PR that came onto Python, thus causing its branding name to be
catagorized as something bad.
However this is not the case, presently, and the brand name is well
established and accepted. There is no reason to change its name a
On 2007-12-03, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 3, 5:23 am, Steven D'Aprano
>> I'm not suggesting that Leibniz was any more of a scientist
>> than Newton was, nor am I suggesting that Newton's
>> achievements should be *rejected* (er, except for those pesky
>> Quantum Mechanics and Relat
On Dec 3, 2007 4:40 PM, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As I said before, a name is
> just a name. It might as well be called "cockroach" as far as I am
> concerned.
Unluckily "the Beatles" was already taken :-)
francesco
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On Dec 3, 5:23 am, Steven D'Aprano
> I'm not suggesting that Leibniz was any more of a scientist than Newton
> was, nor am I suggesting that Newton's achievements should be *rejected*
> (er, except for those pesky Quantum Mechanics and Relativity things...).
> I'm just saying that we should unders
On Dec 3, 7:23 am, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:12:17 -0800, MonkeeSage wrote:
> > Being fair, the bulk of Liebniz' writings have also been rejected by
> > those in related fields. Most modern metaphysicians hold a view closer
> > to Boston
On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:12:17 -0800, MonkeeSage wrote:
> Being fair, the bulk of Liebniz' writings have also been rejected by
> those in related fields. Most modern metaphysicians hold a view closer
> to Boston Personalism or at least post-Kantian Personalism (a la Buber),
> than monadic unity and
On Dec 2, 4:47 am, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:55:32 -0800, Russ P. wrote:
> > I neither know nor care much about Newton's personality and social
> > graces, but I can assure you that he was more than a "technician" (no
> > offense to techn
Russ P. wrote:
> I am surprised to see that Newton is not taken.
Not for a language, but there is a physics simulation
library called Newton -- which is a more appropriate
use of the name, I think. To me, he's more associated
with physics than mathematics.
If you want a really appropriate name f
> He might have been a great intellectual but he was no scientist. It's
> only by ignoring the vast bulk of his work -- work which Newton himself
> considered *far* more important and interesting than his work on physics
> and mathematics -- that we can even *pretend* he was a scientist.
The fact
On 02/12/2007, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:55:32 -0800, Russ P. wrote:
>
> > I neither know nor care much about Newton's personality and social
> > graces, but I can assure you that he was more than a "technician" (no
> > offense to technicians).
> >
> > If y
On Dec 1, 9:51 am, "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 30/11/2007, Gerardo Herzig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > You will be eaten by the Snake-Ra god tonight!
>
> Wasn't Ra the Sun god?
>
> Dotan Cohen
>
> http://what-is-what.comhttp://gibberish.co.il
> א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:55:32 -0800, Russ P. wrote:
> I neither know nor care much about Newton's personality and social
> graces, but I can assure you that he was more than a "technician" (no
> offense to technicians).
>
> If you just read the Wikipedia preamble about him you will realize that
>
Russ P. wrote:
> Python is an "acceptable" name, but Newton1 (or Newton3) would be
> a great name.
Nah, I like Monty and Snakes. Newton already has his name as unit
for kg*m/s^2. :)
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On 02/12/2007, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I neither know nor care much about Newton's personality and social
> graces, but I can assure you that he was more than a "technician" (no
> offense to technicians).
>
> If you just read the Wikipedia preamble about him you will realize
> that he
On 02/12/2007, Hendrik van Rooyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Russ P." wrote:
>
> > I am surprised to see that Newton is not taken. I urge
> > Guido to take it while it is still available. Sir Isaac
> > certainly deserves the honor.
>
> Does he? Are you aware of how he treated Hooke?
>
> He was
On 01/12/2007, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So what dou you think about D language? :) Or F or F#?
>
> I think that one-letter names are even worse for languages than they
> are for variables.
And they are impossible to google.
Update: well, they were when _I_ needed to... I just tried,
On Dec 1, 11:34 pm, "Hendrik van Rooyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Russ P." wrote:
> > I am surprised to see that Newton is not taken. I urge
> > Guido to take it while it is still available. Sir Isaac
> > certainly deserves the honor.
>
> Does he? Are you aware of how he treated Hooke?
>
> H
"Russ P." wrote:
> I am surprised to see that Newton is not taken. I urge
> Guido to take it while it is still available. Sir Isaac
> certainly deserves the honor.
Does he? Are you aware of how he treated Hooke?
He was a great technician, but as a person, you would
not have had him marry your
"John Machin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 1, 5:14 pm, "Hendrik van Rooyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "John Machin" wrote:
> >
> > > Pythons are good snakes; they hypnotise the meaninglessly chattering
> > > bandarlog and eat them. Beware!
> >
> > What is a bandarlog - I know the ba
On Dec 1, 9:06 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pythons are big, non-poisonous snakes good for keeping the rats out
> of a system
I'm looking forward to Spider(TM), the first bug-free language ;-)
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> Heck, lots of names are
> take:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_list_of_programming_languages
I am surprised to see that Newton is not taken. I urge
Guido to take it while it is still available. Sir Isaac
certainly deserves the honor.
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On Dec 1, 4:57 pm, Bjoern Schliessmann wrote:
> Tóth Csaba wrote:
> > Lets evaluate from the Python3000: Newton3 (N3).
>
> > +1 vote from me :)
>
> Nah.
Python is an "acceptable" name, but Newton1 (or Newton3) would be a
great name. Shouldn't a great language have a great name? I think so.
And I
Tóth Csaba wrote:
> Lets evaluate from the Python3000: Newton3 (N3).
>
> +1 vote from me :)
Nah.
BTW, why exactly do you keep using an X-Face header completely
identical to mine?
Regards,
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Dotan Cohen wrote:
> C++ is obviously C+1, ie, what comes after C.
Although it was a bit rude to choose the destructive form
C++ instead of C+1. Many programmers are quite happy with
C as it is and don't want their language overwritten!
Also there's the rather confusing fact that the value of
the
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
> > 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^)
By the way, after thinking about
On Dec 2, 8:40 am, "Russ P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> None. None of them are good names by my criteria. But then, a name is
> only a name. One of the few names I like is Pascal, because he was a
> great mathematician and scientist.
>
> After thinking about it a bit, here are examples of what
"J. Clifford Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ...Perl is named for a knitting technique, Lisp is named for a
> speech impediment...
I can't figure out whether you're being serious or not but, for the
record, those are not where the names of those two languages come
from.
http://en.wikipedia.
On Dec 1, 12:47 pm, "J. Clifford Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 12:10 -0800, Russ P. wrote:
> > On Dec 1, 2:10 am, Bjoern Schliessmann > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Russ P. wrote:
> > > > I agree that Python is not a good name for a programming language,
>
> > > Why n
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 12:10 -0800, Russ P. wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2:10 am, Bjoern Schliessmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Russ P. wrote:
> > > I agree that Python is not a good name for a programming language,
> >
> > Why not?
>
> Think about proposing its use to someone who has never heard of it
On 2007-12-01, Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> C was named after the B programming language, as it was inspired
>> and meant to replace it. C++ is obviously C+1
>
> Strictly speaking, C++ evalutes to C, but C is incremented
> afterwards.
Bjarne was only inter
On Dec 1, 2:10 am, Bjoern Schliessmann wrote:
> Russ P. wrote:
> > I agree that Python is not a good name for a programming language,
>
> Why not?
Think about proposing its use to someone who has never heard of it
(which I did not too long ago). As the OP pointed out, a Python is a
snake. Why sho
On 01/12/2007, Bjoern Schliessmann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Strictly speaking, C++ evalutes to C, but C is incremented
> afterwards.
>
:) I will remember that!
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A: Because it mess
On Dec 1, 2007 12:34 PM, Bjoern Schliessmann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > C was named after the B programming language, as it was inspired
> > and meant to replace it. C++ is obviously C+1
>
> Strictly speaking, C++ evalutes to C, but C is incremented
> afterwards.
>
I guess
Well in the future we will ask the internet god "Google" to guide us in
making the name!
On Dec 1, 2007 6:02 PM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 01/12/2007, Tóth Csaba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > man.. :)) the biggest point in this thread :DD
> > btw in my country not much, because
Dotan Cohen wrote:
> C was named after the B programming language, as it was inspired
> and meant to replace it. C++ is obviously C+1
Strictly speaking, C++ evalutes to C, but C is incremented
afterwards.
Regards,
Björn
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On 01/12/2007, Tóth Csaba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> man.. :)) the biggest point in this thread :DD
> btw in my country not much, because we write it "szex" :DD
>
> tsabi
>
We got you beat: "סקס". Try that on a Latin keyboard!
Actually, "szex" might be a great name, as it implies the meaning
wi
On 01/12/2007, Russ P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Speaking of stupid names, what does "C++" mean? I think it's the grade
> you get when you just barely missed a "B--". But I can't deny that it
> *is* good for searching.
C was named after the B programming language, as it was inspired and
meant t
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
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 i
On 30/11/2007, Gerardo Herzig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You will be eaten by the Snake-Ra god tonight!
Wasn't Ra the Sun god?
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people nor
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