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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:54:52 +1100
Subject: Re: Point of idle curiosity
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Ulrich Eckhardt
<ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> wrote:
> Am 18.11.2012 12:45, schrieb Chris Angelico:
>> Is IDLE named after Eric of that name, or is it pure coincidence?
>
>
> Maybe. Interestingly, there is also http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/,
> just to add some more unfounded conspiracy theories to this discussion. :P

Wait, that's completely separate. I don't think Eric Idle was ever a
member of the Eric Conspiracy.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/ecsl/

ChrisA