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

[Matt Nordhoff]

ureuffyrtu955 at gmail.com wrote:
> Python is a good programming language,  but "Python" is not a good
> name.
> 
> First, python also means snake, Monty Python. If we search "python" in
> google, emule, many results are not programming resource. If we search
> PHP, all results are programming resource.
> 
> Second, python also means snake, snake is not a good thing in western
> culture. Many people dislike any things relevant to snake. We must
> have high regard for the custom.
> 
> Now, python3000 is coming. It's the best time to rename!
> 
> Athon is a good candidate, you could provide better names.
> 
> In Athon, the first letter "A" could pronounce as [ e ] .

Great, now the Google results will just be filled with AMD typoes. :-P

One downside of Athon is that "Python" makes for a good two-letter
abbreviation: py. It sounds nice (hey, pie), and since it ends in a
vowel, is good for project names: PyGTK or pytz or whatever. AtGTK and
attz don't have quite the ring.
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