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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:45:38 +1100
Subject: Re: Sexism in the Ruby community: how does the Python community manage it?
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.1186.1382050591.18130.python-list@python.org>,
>  Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 12.1. pickle =E2=80=B9 Python object serialization
>> (flavorful, fine once you know it, but a little unintuitive)
>
> Actually, pickle is a very descriptive term.  You might be thinking that
> a pickle is just a cucumber that's been soaked in brine, but the more
> generic meaning of pickle is to preserve something.  In the aviation
> world, for example, they talk of pickling an engine as a way to put it
> in long-term storage.  The analogy of putting data into long-term
> storage is perfectly reasonable.

Good point. I thought of pickle as the food and the expression "in a
pickle", neither of which captures the essence as well as the notion
of preservation. Withdrawing the criticism - though it was minor even
to start with.

ChrisA