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

[Chris Rebert]

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
> 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!"

+1 QOTW

Cheers,
Chris