Python 3 put-downs: What's the point?

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.238.1278287528.1673.python-list at python.org>,
 Tim Chase <python.list at tim.thechases.com> wrote:

> I've often wondered if changing the name of the language (such as 
> "Adder", "Served", "Dwarf" or "Fawlty" for the Britcom fans in 
> the crowd) would have mitigated some of the more vituperative 
> slurs on what became Py3, designating a shared legacy without the 
> expectation of 100% backwards-compatibility.

Maybe it should have been "Python five, no, THREE!"