Re: [Python-Dev] magic in setuptools (Was: setuptools in the stdlib)

Guido van Rossum wrote:

The "resources" name is actually quite a common meme;

I believe it goes back to the original Macintosh, which was the first and only computer in the world to have files with something called a "resource fork". The resource fork contained pieces of data called "resources". Then Microsoft stole the name, and before you knew, everyone was using it. It's all been downhill from there. :-) -- Greg