On 20 July 2018 at 13:16, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Rhodri James <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> wrote: >> I go with SF fandom's traditional :-) definition: "somebody did it once." >> If it's been done more than once, it's an honoured tradition. > > But if Shakespeare did it, it's just the way the language is. > > I think Fortran is the programming world's Shakespeare.
Or maybe COBOL: "And lo from yonder file a record doth appear"... Paul _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/