[Python-3000] Cheeseshop

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Tue Oct 17 13:50:05 CEST 2006


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On Oct 16, 2006, at 9:28 PM, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:

> Which is really, really, REALLY sad.  The "Cheese Shop" name may  
> reflect the
> proper cultural bias toward Monty Python, but it's a sure way to  
> alienate
> people by presenting the hard work of the community under a  
> completely silly
> name that communicates nothing about what it's about.

I now invoke Warsaw's Fifth Law (a.k.a. "the Pink Floyd rule"): All  
names are stupid until you become rich and famous with it.

Cheese Shop seems fine to me (and not just 'cause I came up with  
it).  You /need/ a little humor and levity in a software project or  
it just gets boring.

- -Barry

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