I remain puzzled why Monty Python, the actual inspiration of the language's name, isn't more commonly recognized. - Taz

On Jul 2, 2017, at 12:00 PM, edu-sig-request@python.org wrote:

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1. some buried history (kirby urner)

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Message: 1 Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2017 15:54:39 -0700 From: kirby urner <kirby.urner@gmail.com> To: "edu-sig@python.org" <edu-sig@python.org> Subject: [Edu-sig] some buried history Message-ID: <CAPJgG3RaKmT3i3MTG4fxQ9cbw6t15tApzCpYQHyhCyjVcLk8qA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=10181740 (link to math-teach)

This posting to Math Forum mentions Naga the she-snake (stuffed Python) mascot representing our Python community at OSCONs for some years, also Pycons and Djangocons (though Django had its own pony).

Perl may have started the mascot movement with its camel.

https://flic.kr/p/a8ackQ

Kirby