Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.030 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'adopted': 0.09; 'comment,': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'roy': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'thursday,': 0.16; ':-)': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; 'subject:community': 0.24; '>': 0.26; '(see': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'tim': 0.29; 'especially': 0.30; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'url:wikipedia': 0.31; 'to:name:python-list': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'mailing': 0.39; 'guy': 0.60; 'skip:\xc2 10': 0.60; 'smith': 0.68; 'fish': 0.84; 'snake': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=dOm8zgiH54tzIL99Sw198IOJcIw0uuteo7PD9Yqk5wE=; b=ZQJZ44mQTyDP4J0fadUc3erUhZwv9XJvmfC3XcLfsaqxYNPqdKTq30UC7DFwDQl1ig pkZ3kLwWG2RZwl4TQKXMS5Om21ucjhDmGL/mgP5GdlZ/Enx/rF0wHV6DlblvFO1xPH/B q6yIcIkY9WnM35BqSIMdkNh1G5DU+Ohbqgabu8PfxKoQMDcoEQeoVbJJR7hhKcwjEMS5 SFsFDakdAFwFUqKptSzfdrbyWv8H9cZwDtXxYX2AmHWTFNq5XB62/XM4JG07lj8hDjHY l5uRbBYjAWv77x0mKsyTAfvyEEwHbJ0VMk8ViyP1INCClcQnob7UDVhKMI7OYQP9vR9b qOHA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.225.162 with SMTP id rl2mr195654obc.72.1382040886202; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:14:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <2013101623133337485-owenjacobson@grimoireca> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 07:14:46 +1100 Subject: Re: Sexism in the Ruby community: how does the Python community manage it? From: Tim Delaney To: Python-List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c309e81657fb04e8f578ef X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 45 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382040895 news.xs4all.nl 15917 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40973 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:56988 --001a11c309e81657fb04e8f578ef Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 18 October 2013 04:16, Roy Smith wrote: > On Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:07:48 AM UTC-4, Chris Angelico wrote: > > Module names should be descriptive, not fancy. > > Interesting comment, on a mailing list for a language named after a snake, > especially by a guy who claims to prefer an language named after a fish :-) > That would be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythonidae. The snake has been adopted as a mascot (see the Python icon) but is not the inspiration. Tim Delaney --001a11c309e81657fb04e8f578ef Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On 1= 8 October 2013 04:16, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:07:48 AM UTC-4, Chris An= gelico wrote:
> Module names should be =C2=A0descriptive, not fancy.

Interesting comment, on a mailing list for a language named after a s= nake, especially by a guy who claims to prefer an language named after a fi= sh :-)


The snake has been adopted as a mascot (see the Python = icon) but is not the inspiration.

Tim Delaney
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