this is a good conversation to have. <br><br>my first though on hearing "whip" is Indiana Jones. I happen to be a white male (of a certain generation I guess.) I'm also an experimental psychologist / cognitive neuroscientist, with an interest in social psychology. there is overwhelming evidence that people are extremely sensitive to very subtle affective associations and social cues, and get disuaded very easily from exploring things further. moreover: it tends to be hard for people in a dominant group to appreciate how much these things matter to other people. they simply don't believe it can be real. being well-intentioned does not matter so much.<br>
<br>so basically, if someone wants to appeal to a broad audience, they *have* to be conservative when it comes to stuff like this. ambiguity is not inviting. if anyone is interested I can provide links to studies, eg, by Valerie Purdie-Vaughns at Columbia (recently Yale), or Claude Steele also at Columbia (recently Stanford), or Mazarin Banaji of Harvard.<br>
<br>+1 for PythonPractice<br><br>--Jeremy<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:07 PM, David MacQuigg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:macquigg@ece.arizona.edu">macquigg@ece.arizona.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This is the first time I have heard anyone object to the name PyWhip, and it comes as a complete surprise. I've been told that the name PyWhip has bad connotations, as in white males and nooses. This seems a bit of a stretch to me, but I would like to hear from anyone who might be using this site in their classes. I am especially interested in the opinions of those who have a different cultural background or native language. We want this site to appeal to all. If even one in ten would be offended by PyWhip, we should change the name.<br>
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My preference for the name PyWhip is just looking for something short and memorable. I don't like PyPractice because it lacks those qualities.<br>
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What about the name PyBat? Nick Paralante, the author of JavaBat wants that for his own Python practice site, so I would prefer something else. When I first heard about this website, I thought of batting practice, like in baseball. I suppose bats could be used against people also, but that seems like a stretch. When I think of PyWhip, I think of short, fast problems that the students can "whip through". Maybe my interpretation is a stretch.<br>
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Anyway, my question is - Does PyWhip have bad connotations?<br>
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-- Dave<br>
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Jeff Elkner wrote:<br>
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+1 on PyPractice<br>
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Any other thoughts? If I don't hear any serious objections, I'll go<br>
with PyPractice.<br>
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jeff elkner<br>
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On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Andre Roberge <<a href="mailto:andre.roberge@gmail.com" target="_blank">andre.roberge@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Jeff Elkner <<a href="mailto:jeff@elkner.net" target="_blank">jeff@elkner.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hi All,<br>
<br>
Andy Harrington and I will be working with group of students on PyWhip<br>
(<a href="http://pywhip.appspot.com" target="_blank">http://pywhip.appspot.com</a>). The 1st order of business is coming up<br>
with a new name for it, and I wanted to run it by the edu-sig list<br>
before making the final decision.<br>
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I like tryPy, what do folks think?<br>
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Personally, I find tryPy a bit too similar to <a href="http://www.trypython.org/" target="_blank">http://www.trypython.org/</a> in<br>
name and, furthermore, the name tryPy conjures the image of simply trying<br>
Python ... rather than a tool designed to help learning it.<br>
<br>
How about something along the lines of PyDrills or PyExercises or PyPractice<br>
?<br>
<br>
André<br>
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