Sexism in the Ruby community: how does the Python community manage it?

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.1186.1382050591.18130.python-list at python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> 12.1. pickle ‹ Python object serialization
> (flavorful, fine once you know it, but a little unintuitive)

Actually, pickle is a very descriptive term.  You might be thinking that 
a pickle is just a cucumber that's been soaked in brine, but the more 
generic meaning of pickle is to preserve something.  In the aviation 
world, for example, they talk of pickling an engine as a way to put it 
in long-term storage.  The analogy of putting data into long-term 
storage is perfectly reasonable.