On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> >> - I'd prefer a name that plays on 2 and 3, not 2 and 8. :-)
>
> How about mirg2**3 (pronounced "migrate") ?
>
> ;-)
>

Just read this, and laughed so loudly and suddenly that my brother's
cat jumped in fright.

Spelled 2**3 and pronounced 8 makes perfect sense, same as spelling
"Mercurial" as "hg".

ChrisA
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