OT: The Straight Dope

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Jeff Bauer wrote:
> As a longtime reader (20+ years) of Cecil Adams'
> "Straight Dope" columns, I was amused to find a
> brief mention of Python programming in today's
> response to the following question.
> 
> "What's the 'Scroll Lock' key on my computer for?"
> 
> http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mscrolllock.html
> 
>   "However, programmers, being loath to let extraneous
>   keys sit unused on a keyboard, have found use for
>   [backquote] as an operator in the LISP and Python
>   programming languages."
> 
> if-tim-is-sherlock-then-cecil-must-be-mycroft-ly y'rs,

It might have something to do with the CMU Common Lisp compiler, also 
named Python ?

Just my 2 cents...
Bruno