French pun on Python! :-)

[bowman]

François Pinard wrote:
> 
> for the word `piton'.  A `piton' is a familiar word to design any mechanical
> device on which someone pushes, like an electrical button, or often, one

And a 'piton' is a small mechanical aid one hammers into obscure cracks
to allow climbing an otherwise impossible pitch. Maybe the IS a parallel
here.

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