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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:07:11 -0800
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On 01/27/2015 02:04 AM, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Andrew Robinson wrote:
>
>> The spelling caveat is great -- and in Python the object named in 
>> bool's honor is spelled bool (lowercase too). ;)
>
> That doesn't change the fact that the man was called
> George Boole (not Charles!). If you're going to refer
> to him by name, it's only courteous to make some effort
> to get it right.
I stand corrected.  Thank you.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boole
>