Re: [Python-ideas] Retire or reword the namesake of the Language

2018-09-18 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 22:06:28 -0400 "Franklin? Lee" wrote: > Monty Python had the goal of making people laugh, while python-ideas > has the goal of improving Python. With those priorities, we can have > fun, but not at the expense of potential contributions and > contributors. You are right.

Re: [Python-ideas] Retire or reword the namesake of the Language

2018-09-17 Thread Franklin? Lee
Monty Python had the goal of making people laugh, while python-ideas has the goal of improving Python. With those priorities, we can have fun, but not at the expense of potential contributions and contributors. Other people aren't perfect, but sometimes you have to adapt to them for the sake of

Re: [Python-ideas] Retire or reword the namesake of the Language

2018-09-17 Thread Stéfane Fermigier
This proposal unfortunately carries the risk of reminding people of "CORBA", a technology that was once regarded as the highest pinnacle of the development of distributed systems, before it was sidelined by XMLRPC, then SOAP, then Docker containers exchanging Protobuf messages over WebSockets. My

Re: [Python-ideas] Retire or reword the namesake of the Language

2018-09-17 Thread Antoine Pitrou
It's not like the Monty Python (whom the language was named after) would have dared mocking the discourse and manners of all kinds of social groups, let alone have a laugh at the expense of beliefs and ideologies. Regards Antoine. On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:25:27 -0400 Calvin Spealman wrote: >

Re: [Python-ideas] Retire or reword the namesake of the Language

2018-09-17 Thread Calvin Spealman
I am very disappointed in the existence of this thread. Mocking discourse is extremely unpythonic. On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 2:54 AM Jacco van Dorp wrote: > Yeah, sounds about as sensible as the recent "ban ugly" campaign. > +1. > > Op zo 16 sep. 2018 om 15:49 schreef Wes Turner : > >> Anyways,

Re: [Python-ideas] Retire or reword the namesake of the Language

2018-09-17 Thread Jacco van Dorp
Yeah, sounds about as sensible as the recent "ban ugly" campaign. +1. Op zo 16 sep. 2018 om 15:49 schreef Wes Turner : > Anyways, speaking of dragons, here are some ideas for new logos: > > "Strong Bad Email #58: Dragon" > https://youtu.be/90X5NJleYJQ > >

Re: [Python-ideas] Retire or reword the namesake of the Language

2018-09-16 Thread Wes Turner
There's already a thing named Cobra. https://github.com/opencobra/cobrapy "Python (mythology)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(mythology) ... Serpent/Dragon guarding the omphalos. "Ouroboros" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros Monty Python themed Python language things: - The

Re: [Python-ideas] Retire or reword the namesake of the Language

2018-09-16 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 8:14 PM, Widom PsychoPath wrote: > I hereby propose that the Language should be renamed to Cobra, after > the brilliant military strategist Cobra Commander , who has been > history's most efficient and brilliant strategist. > > Yours forever, > Jack Daniels Now THAT is