Re: Point of idle curiosity

2012-11-19 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Ulrich Eckhardt wrote: > Am 18.11.2012 12:45, schrieb Chris Angelico: >> Is IDLE named after Eric of that name, or is it pure coincidence? > > > Maybe. Interestingly, there is also http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/, > just to add some more unfounded conspiracy

Re: Point of idle curiosity

2012-11-19 Thread Alister
On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:08:34 +, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 18/11/2012 15:59, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:45:43 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> (if you'll forgive the pun) >>> >>> Is IDLE named after Eric of that name, or is it pure coincidence? >> >> Well, IDLE is an ID

Re: Point of idle curiosity

2012-11-19 Thread Ulrich Eckhardt
Am 18.11.2012 12:45, schrieb Chris Angelico: (if you'll forgive the pun) Nevarr! Is IDLE named after Eric of that name, or is it pure coincidence? Maybe. Interestingly, there is also http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/, just to add some more unfounded conspiracy theories to this discuss

Re: Point of idle curiosity

2012-11-18 Thread Terry Reedy
On 11/18/2012 6:45 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: (if you'll forgive the pun) Is IDLE named after Eric of that name, or is it pure coincidence? Officially, I believe it is I(ntegrated) D(eve)L(opement) E(nvironment). However, now that you mention it, I would not be surprised if Eric was in the bac

Re: Point of idle curiosity

2012-11-18 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 18/11/2012 15:59, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> >> On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:45:43 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> (if you'll forgive the pun) >>> >>> Is IDLE named after Eric of that name, or is it pure coincidence? >> >> >> Well, IDLE is an

Re: Point of idle curiosity

2012-11-18 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 18/11/2012 15:59, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:45:43 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: (if you'll forgive the pun) Is IDLE named after Eric of that name, or is it pure coincidence? Well, IDLE is an IDE. The L doesn't seem to mean anything, so it's plausible that it is named af

Re: Point of idle curiosity

2012-11-18 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:45:43 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > (if you'll forgive the pun) > > Is IDLE named after Eric of that name, or is it pure coincidence? Well, IDLE is an IDE. The L doesn't seem to mean anything, so it's plausible that it is named after Eric Idle. -- Steven -- http://ma