[OT] fortran lib which provide python like data type

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Mon Feb 2 02:01:46 EST 2015


Chris Angelico wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> And there are underspecified rules too. What is the plural of octopus? No
>> fair looking it up in the dictionary.
> 
> Standard and well-known piece of trivia, and there are several
> options. "Octopodes" is one of the most rigorously formal, but
> "octopuses" is perfectly acceptable. "Octopi" is technically
> incorrect, as the -us ending does not derive from the Latin.

And that would be relevant if we were speaking Latin, but we aren't :-P

-- 
Steve




More information about the Python-list mailing list