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| Date | 2012-11-19 03:13 +1100 |
| Subject | Re: Point of idle curiosity |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.3793.1353255193.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 18/11/2012 15:59, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> >> On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:45:43 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> (if you'll forgive the pun) >>> >>> Is IDLE named after Eric of that name, or is it pure coincidence? >> >> >> Well, IDLE is an IDE. The L doesn't seem to mean anything, so it's >> plausible that it is named after Eric Idle. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDLE_%28Python%29 > Thanks both. I went looking at the docs, but didn't find anything conclusive either way. It's sometimes hard to know just how much Monty Python there is in the language... which justified me getting a bit naughty a couple of weeks ago and almost citing the Python language in-character in my Dungeons and Dragons campaign: "There is still a cheeseshop owned by his family. It's called PyPi, though whether that's an abbreviation for something or not is not reported here." And then when they went to the place, I described it thusly: "It's all done up with a pythonic decor. Everything's nicely done up with snakes; the walls have indented blocks with no braces on them." Now I just need to find a signwriter and graphic designer named Eric Haffabee, laying around idle all the time... or maybe that's too obscure a set of references. ChrisA
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Point of idle curiosity Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-18 22:45 +1100
Re: Point of idle curiosity Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-18 15:59 +0000
Re: Point of idle curiosity Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-11-18 16:08 +0000
Re: Point of idle curiosity Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-11-19 20:44 +0000
Re: Point of idle curiosity Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-19 03:13 +1100
Re: Point of idle curiosity Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-11-19 13:38 +0100
Re: Point of idle curiosity Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-20 07:54 +1100
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