PyKata sounds great. I think we will need a bit on the home page to explain the derivation. It fits beautiful with the flexible ideas we have of this having parts useful to people at multiple levels with many different backgrounds.<br>
<br>Andy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:46 PM, kirby urner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kirby.urner@gmail.com">kirby.urner@gmail.com</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;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:52 PM, David MacQuigg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:macquigg@ece.arizona.edu" target="_blank">macquigg@ece.arizona.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">
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PyKata ... YES!! Please don't tell me this means something awful in Korean. :>) According to Wikipedia:<br>
<br>
A kata can refer to any basic form, routine, or pattern of behavior<br>
that is practiced to various levels of mastery. In Japanese<br>
language, kata is a frequently-used word meaning “way of doing<br>
things,” with emphasis on the form and order of the process. Other<br>
meanings are “training method” and “formal exercise.” The goal of a<br>
painter’s practicing, for example, is to merge his consciousness<br>
with his brush; the potter’s with his clay; the garden designer’s<br>
with the materials of the garden. Once such mastery is achieved, the<br>
theory goes, the doing of a thing perfectly is as easy as thinking it.<br>
<br>
Practice these problems until you can do them without thinking, at least not thinking about syntax. I used to practice Karate, and this fits perfectly.<br>
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Comments?<br>
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-- Dave<br>
<br></blockquote></div><div><br>Seems creative and multi-cultural to boot.<br><br>Such a name might get the attention of Sara Ford of Microsoft Codeplex (aka "open source DNA") -- she's really big into Karate. <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/default.aspx</a><br>
<br>Python has always been about bridging multiple ethnicities. Snake charmers + [ fill in the blank ] = coolness.<br><br>Kirby<br><br></div></div>
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