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"Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

Python is a good programming language, but "Python" is not a good
name.

First, python also means snake, Monty Python. If we search "python" in
google, emule, many results are not programming resource. If we search
PHP, all results are programming resource.

Second, python also means snake, snake is not a good thing in western
culture. Many people dislike any things relevant to snake. We must
have high regard for the custom.

Now, python3000 is coming. It's the best time to rename!

Athon is a good candidate, you could provide better names.

In Athon, the first letter "A" could pronounce as [ e ] .
Nov 30 '07 #1
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ur***********@g mail.com wrote:
>Python is a good programming language, but "Python" is not a good
name.

First, python also means snake, Monty Python. If we search "python" in
google, emule, many results are not programming resource. If we search
PHP, all results are programming resource.

Second, python also means snake, snake is not a good thing in western
culture. Many people dislike any things relevant to snake. We must
have high regard for the custom.

Now, python3000 is coming. It's the best time to rename!

Athon is a good candidate, you could provide better names.

In Athon, the first letter "A" could pronounce as [ e ] .

You will be eaten by the Snake-Ra god tonight!
Nov 30 '07 #2
ur***********@g mail.com wrote:
Python is a good programming language, but "Python" is not a good
name.

First, python also means snake, Monty Python. If we search "python" in
google, emule, many results are not programming resource. If we search
PHP, all results are programming resource.

Second, python also means snake, snake is not a good thing in western
culture. Many people dislike any things relevant to snake. We must
have high regard for the custom.

Now, python3000 is coming. It's the best time to rename!

Athon is a good candidate, you could provide better names.

In Athon, the first letter "A" could pronounce as [ e ] .
Great, now the Google results will just be filled with AMD typoes. :-P

One downside of Athon is that "Python" makes for a good two-letter
abbreviation: py. It sounds nice (hey, pie), and since it ends in a
vowel, is good for project names: PyGTK or pytz or whatever. AtGTK and
attz don't have quite the ring.
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Nov 30 '07 #3
On 2007-11-30, ur***********@g mail.com <ur***********@ gmail.comwrote:
In Athon, the first letter "A" could pronounce as [ e ] .
For English speakers that pronunciation is just plain wrong.

You're trolling, right?

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Nov 30 '07 #4
>In Athon, the first letter "A" could pronounce as [ e ] .
>
For English speakers that pronunciation is just plain wrong.

You're trolling, right?
Yeth, obviouthly he ith... ;)

(You'd think this was the Lisp ML, not Python... <groans>)

-tkc


Nov 30 '07 #5
but it would mean that a version for large duration projects would be
"MarAthon" ...

Dr Tim Couper
CTO, SciVisum Ltd

www.scivisum.com

Gerardo Herzig wrote:
<div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed">ur****** *****@gmail.com wrote:
>Python is a good programming language, but "Python" is not a good
name.

First, python also means snake, Monty Python. If we search "python" in
google, emule, many results are not programming resource. If we search
PHP, all results are programming resource.

Second, python also means snake, snake is not a good thing in western
culture. Many people dislike any things relevant to snake. We must
have high regard for the custom.

Now, python3000 is coming. It's the best time to rename!

Athon is a good candidate, you could provide better names.

In Athon, the first letter "A" could pronounce as [ e ] .

You will be eaten by the Snake-Ra god tonight!

</div>
Nov 30 '07 #6
Tim Chase wrote:
(You'd think this was the Lisp ML, not Python... <groans>)
Atsp? :-)
--
Nov 30 '07 #7
Tim Couper wrote:
but it would mean that a version for large duration projects would be
"MarAthon" ...
Can't decide whether you were deliberately avoiding "long-running"
there, Tim, or just missed the opportunity :)

TJG
Nov 30 '07 #8
ur***********@g mail.com wrote:
First, python also means snake, Monty Python. If we search
"python" in google, emule, many results are not programming
resource. If we search PHP, all results are programming resource.
Who cares? No one looking for special Python programming tips will
use only "python" as search term.
Second, python also means snake, snake is not a good thing in
western culture. Many people dislike any things relevant to snake.
We must have high regard for the custom.
You're not serious, are you?

BTW, PHP has already been confused with a drug in USA.
Now, python3000 is coming. It's the best time to rename!
IMHO: No. Python has a good reputation and renaming would create
confusion.
Athon is a good candidate, you could provide better names.

In Athon, the first letter "A" could pronounce as [ e ] .
This is confusing and a boring of-the-shelf name.

Regards,
Björn

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We are a 100% Microsoft Shop.

Nov 30 '07 #9
On Nov 30, 9:58 am, ureuffyrtu...@g mail.com wrote:
Now, python3000 is coming. It's the best time to rename!
Yes, but "Thong" would be a better name,
due to the minimalist syntax and the
attraction/repulsion/catatonic revulsion effect it has with
different people from different cultural backgrounds.
-- Aaron Watters
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Nov 30 '07 #10

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