Fwd: Python for philosophers

[Citizen Kant]

2013/5/14 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info>

> On Tue, 14 May 2013 01:32:43 +0200, Citizen Kant wrote:
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> >> An entity named Python must be somehow as a serpent. Don't forget that
> >> I'm with the freeing up of my memory, now I'm not trying to follow the
> >> path of what's told but acting like the monkey and pushing with my
> >> finger against the skin of the snake.
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> >Python is not named after the snake, but after Monty Python the British
> >comedy troupe. And they picked their name because it sounded funny.
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> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python>
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> I'm sorry to hear that. Mostly because, as an answer, seems to example
> very well the "taken because I've been told how things are" kind of
> actions, which is exactly the opposite of the point I'm trying to state.
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