why sqrt is not a built-in function?

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 10:18 AM dn via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
> >> I am confuzzed.
> >
> > It's a common condition.
>
> There are three components:
> 1 From the Greek: "con" meaning 'against' or 'unable'.
> 2 From tech-jargon (and the Australian habit of shortening every word in
> the English language): "fuzz" is the contraction of two highly-technical
> terms, famously applied in intro courses and by naive job-interviewers.
> 3 From English: the suffix "ed" meaning past tense.
>
> Thus, (smirking!) "confuzzed" is the psychological term for people who
> have never been able to bend their minds around the "fizz-buzz" coding
> challenge.
>
>
> PS am running for cover before @Chris reads this...

Good idea, you never know what I might have been drinking, and
therefore what materials could have been sprayed across the screen
when I read that! :D

ChrisA