Comments on: The Pythonistas are Wrong http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/ Armin Ronacher thinking Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:46:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Chas. Owens http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4721 Chas. Owens Mon, 05 May 2008 07:00:12 +0000 http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4721 Doug Napoleone said "PERL is an acronym, not a calcium deposit in a mollusk." Nope, Perl (note the way it is cased) is not an acronym. Perl was original to be named Pearl after one of Larry Wall's relatives, but there was already a software project named Pearl, so he dropped the a. The bacronyms "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language" and "Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister" both came well after the naming of the language. Doug Napoleone said “PERL is an acronym, not a calcium deposit in a mollusk.”

Nope, Perl (note the way it is cased) is not an acronym. Perl was original to be named Pearl after one of Larry Wall’s relatives, but there was already a software project named Pearl, so he dropped the a. The bacronyms “Practical Extraction and Reporting Language” and “Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister” both came well after the naming of the language.

]]> By: Ned Batchelder http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4386 Ned Batchelder Thu, 01 May 2008 01:31:59 +0000 http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4386 In a recorded interview, Guido himself said that he long resisted the tendency to represent Python with snakes, insisting that Monty Python imagery be used instead. But then O'Reilly wrote their first Python book, and had to design a cover. All of their covers use animals, and even Guido had to admit that it only made sense to put a (snake) Python on the cover. After that, the snake was out of the bag (so to speak). In a recorded interview, Guido himself said that he long resisted the tendency to represent Python with snakes, insisting that Monty Python imagery be used instead. But then O’Reilly wrote their first Python book, and had to design a cover. All of their covers use animals, and even Guido had to admit that it only made sense to put a (snake) Python on the cover. After that, the snake was out of the bag (so to speak).

]]> By: Justin Lilly http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4367 Justin Lilly Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:12:41 +0000 http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4367 http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackaday/1327535099/ -- monty python -- python http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackaday/1327535099/ — monty python — python

]]> By: Steve Ferg http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4364 Steve Ferg Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:35 +0000 http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4364 It is easier to make a logo/picture of a snake than of a circus, much less a flying circus. I rolled my own Python (snake) logo. You can see it at http://www.ferg.org/pyfdate/index.html It is easier to make a logo/picture of a snake than of a circus, much less a flying circus. I rolled my own Python (snake) logo. You can see it at http://www.ferg.org/pyfdate/index.html

]]> By: Rui Ferreira http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4361 Rui Ferreira Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:12:24 +0000 http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4361 I guess the perfect logo would be a "funny walk" and the the tag line should be "If I say you have a beautiful body would you hold it against mine?" I guess the perfect logo would be a “funny walk” and the the tag line should be
“If I say you have a beautiful body would you hold it against mine?”

]]> By: Marek Kubica http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4357 Marek Kubica Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:58:27 +0000 http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4357 Uhm, not to mention it was actually you putting the snake on the wiki page. I am not responsible for the forum logo, it was like it from the beginning. I like it, though. Uhm, not to mention it was actually you putting the snake on the wiki page. I am not responsible for the forum logo, it was like it from the beginning. I like it, though.

]]> By: Karim http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4355 Karim Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:18:04 +0000 http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4355 Heh... Everyone knew this I bet... But it's just so _funny_ to draw lovely n' silly snakes too. And please don't come and tell me that I ignore who the Monty Python are! --I'm a big fun :) Heh… Everyone knew this I bet… But it’s just so _funny_ to draw lovely n’ silly snakes too. And please don’t come and tell me that I ignore who the Monty Python are! –I’m a big fun :)

]]> By: neil http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4354 neil Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:16:39 +0000 http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4354 I've had enough. This started off as a perfectly good observation. But now it's just silly. I’ve had enough. This started off as a perfectly good observation. But now it’s just silly.

]]> By: meow http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4351 meow Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:22:44 +0000 http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4351 Actually 6 brits since Terry Gilliam has renounced his US citizenship as a protest against the Bush administration. Actually 6 brits since Terry Gilliam has renounced his US citizenship as a protest against the Bush administration.

]]> By: Jim M http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4350 Jim M Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:15:50 +0000 http://lucumr.pocoo.org/cogitations/2008/04/29/the-pythonistas-are-wrong/#comment-4350 Maybe it's a crunchy frog. Maybe it’s a crunchy frog.

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