The origin of Python?

[Gareth McCaughan]

June Kim wrote:
> I read from Guido's writing that "Python" came from his favourite comedy
> show Monty Python. Now I wonder where Monty Python came from, and what it
> stands for. Is it a person's name or what?

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" was a series of programmes
on British television in the 1970s. There was nothing very
special about the name; they considered lots of others
and that was the best they found. I recently saw (but
have completely forgotten where, alas) a list of names
they considered and rejected. It doesn't stand for anything.
Its very arbitrariness might be symbolic of the deliberately
bizarre nature of the programmes, though.

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