Py2K wishes

[Eugene Goodrich]

I vote we should adjust English to, er, define "def" as something we
like better.  It would break less scripts...

     -Eugene

On 28 Dec 1999 00:21:56 +0100, Carel Fellinger <cfelling at iae.nl>
wrote:

>Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolmt at smart.net.au> wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 07:28:34AM -0500, Paul Prescod wrote:
>
>>> Kidding aside, "class" is a noun and "def" is an abbreviation for a
>>> verb. Furthermore, "def" is way too generic. Python has class
>>> definitions and function definitions. The keywords should be
>>> "func"/"function" and "class". 
>
>> To console yourself, just think, it could have been worse: Guido may have
>> chosen Dutch keywords. :-)
>
>But he has! And both are abbreviations too.
>def an abbreviation of the imperative definieer, and
>class again an abbreviation, now from the imperative classificeer
>
>> He who laughs last thinks slowest
>
>And he keeps on laughing has eternal joy
>
>-- 
>groetjes, carel

import binascii; print binascii.a2b_base64 ('ZXVnZW5lQGlzb21lZGlhLmNvbQ==')