"Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

[Robert Boyd]

On Dec 4, 2007 10:02 AM, George Sakkis <george.sakkis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 3, 12:50 pm, "Russ P." <Russ.Paie... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I know this because I've been through it myself. When I tell people
> > that I use Python, I often qualify it by pointing out that it is used
> > extensively at Google. In other words, I'm banking on the reputation
> > of Google to offset the goofiness of the "Python" name.
> >
> > Come to think of it, maybe it should be called "Googlang" or "Googon"?
>
> I see, so Python has to somehow offset the "goofiness" of its name
> while Google can rest on its reputation. Never occured to you that the
> goofiness of the name "Google" is at least an order of magnitude
> greater than Python.

And it never occurred to him that Guido could have named the
programming language Google, and later, the search-engine guys could
have founded a company named Python. He'd be defending his choice of
programming in the Google language by pointing to the reputation of
the Python company, while complaining to a list that Google was a
goofy name.

I'll bet he uses the word "google" as a verb yet doesn't realize how
goofy that sounds to someone unfamiliar with Google? Oh well, I
suppose he'll never try programming in Caml, he'd be too embarrassed
to tell anyone.