[Pythonmac-SIG] Name that Python

[Ronald Oussoren]

On Sunday, July 21, 2002, at 05:00 , Tony Lownds wrote:

>
>> Or could we bite the bullet for the 2.3 release and call the old beast 
>> MacOS9Python and the new one simply MacPython?)
>
> How about MacPython and ClassicPython? That flips the 
> executable-format-designation onto the other beast. ClassicPython also 
> sounds a bit more historical.

I like these names.

And to answer Jack's other question with a question: Will the 2.3 
MachoPython be feature-compatible with MacPython? That is, will it 
contain the IDE and all other goodies that users expect to be in 
MacPython? If it does I'm all for renaming MachoPython to MacPython.

Ronald