PyMacs vs. Pym (was: Pyditor, Text editor fully extendible in python a la' Emacs)

[William Sonna]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 08:06:49, "Alex Martelli" <aleaxit at yahoo.com> 
wrote:

> "Nahuel Greco" <ngreco at softhome.net> wrote in message
> news:mailman.980638952.20592.python-list at python.org...
>     [snip]
> > > By the way, my ideal text editor will also keep my coffee cup full of
> warm,
> > > fresh Expresso while I'm working. Haven't found one yet that can do
> that,
>     [snip]
> > > I'll have to insist on the java (small j) support...
> >
> > why java? (maybe we can do an editor and a language flamewar in the same
> thread! :)
> 
> 'java' is a common US term for 'coffee' (which is why Sun's "Java" has a
> coffee-cup logo).  I fully agree we need a flamewar on _that_ language
> oddity, given that coffee originated from Eastern Africa (presumably
> near the town named Kaffa, in Ethiopia) and the best current varieties
> are grown in Brazil and brewed in Italy (even Starbucks acknowledges
> the latter implicitly with their Italianoid naming for their concoctions),
> so, why should the largest island of _Indonesia_ give it its name...?!
> 

Balooey!

The best coffee in the world is ACTUALLY grown AND brewed in COSTA 
RICA.

In fact, my sources tell me the language was developed under the code 
name SAN JOSE.

It was changed to "Java" for fear of a copyright suit by the Vatican -
apparently the names of saints are not GPL'd !!!!

Since I'm under a strict non-disclosure agreement, I can't divulge any
more details............ask John Paul II if you don't believe me.