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

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:16:24 -0700, Roy Smith wrote:

> On Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:07:48 AM UTC-4, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> Module names should be  descriptive, not fancy.
> 
> Interesting comment, on a mailing list for a language named after a
> snake, especially by a guy who claims to prefer an language named after
> a fish :-)

It's not named after a snake, but after a British comedy group, "Monty 
Python". And I daresay that Pike is named after a long stick with a spike 
and axe on the end. Just 'cos that would be cooler than naming it after 
the fish.

(I'm not sure whether the fish was named after the weapon, or the weapon 
after the fish. But I'm pretty sure one was named after the other.)


-- 
Steven