[Python-ideas] Does jargon make learning more difficult?

[MRAB]

On 2018-08-15 18:27, MRAB wrote:
> On 2018-08-15 09:17, Jonathan Fine wrote:
>> Steve Barnes and Greg Ewing wrote:
>> 
>>>>   * A dinosaur is specifically an extinct terrible (formerly considered)
>>>> lizard
>>>
>>>
>>> Which technically is not a lizard.
>> 
>> I can't resist. Puffinus puffinus is the scientific name for
>> 
>> (drum roll)
>> 
>> no, not the Atlantic (or common) Puffin but
>> 
>> (off-pitch fanfare)
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_shearwater
>> 
> While we're at it, what's the only creature that's known commonly and
> only by its scientific name?
> 
The answer is boa constrictor.