[Python-ideas] Retire or reword the namesake of the Language

[Antoine Pitrou]

It's not like the Monty Python (whom the language was named after)
would have dared mocking the discourse and manners of all kinds of
social groups, let alone have a laugh at the expense of beliefs and
ideologies.

Regards

Antoine.


On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:25:27 -0400
Calvin Spealman <cspealma at redhat.com>
wrote:
> I am very disappointed in the existence of this thread. Mocking discourse
> is extremely unpythonic.
> 
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 2:54 AM Jacco van Dorp <j.van.dorp at deonet.nl> wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, sounds about as sensible as the recent "ban ugly" campaign.
> > +1.
> >
> > Op zo 16 sep. 2018 om 15:49 schreef Wes Turner <wes.turner at gmail.com>:
> >  
> >> Anyways, speaking of dragons, here are some ideas for new logos:
> >>
> >> "Strong Bad Email #58: Dragon"
> >> https://youtu.be/90X5NJleYJQ
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python
> >>
> >> On Sunday, September 16, 2018, Wes Turner <wes.turner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>  
> >>> There's already a thing named Cobra.
> >>>
> >>> https://github.com/opencobra/cobrapy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Python (mythology)"
> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(mythology)
> >>>  ... Serpent/Dragon guarding the omphalos.
> >>>
> >>> "Ouroboros"
> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Monty Python themed Python language things:
> >>>
> >>> - The Cheese Shop
> >>>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_Shop_sketch
> >>>   https://wiki.python.org/moin/CheeseShop
> >>>   https://pypi.org/
> >>>
> >>> - The Knights Who Say Ni --
> >>>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Who_Say_Ni
> >>>   https://github.com/python/the-knights-who-say-ni
> >>>
> >>> - Miss Islington
> >>>   https://github.com/python/miss-islington
> >>>
> >>> On Sunday, September 16, 2018, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>  
> >>>> On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 8:14 PM, Widom PsychoPath <wofthep at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:  
> >>>> > I hereby propose that the Language should be renamed to Cobra, after
> >>>> > the brilliant military strategist Cobra Commander , who has been
> >>>> > history's most efficient and brilliant strategist.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Yours forever,
> >>>> > Jack Daniels  
> >>>>
> >>>> Now THAT is the *true* spirit of professionalism. Here we have proof
> >>>> that the scientific community cares about the language.
> >>>>
> >>>> About 80 proof, I think.
> >>>>
> >>>> ChrisA
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