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Yeah so what if it was not named after a snake. Monty Python's ancestors derived their surname from the python snake itself which was commonly found in their area where they originated from; so it's still from the snake. Heh heh!
Python is not named after a snake
Python programmer
Aug 19, 2009 8:48am GMT
It's hard to imagine how the author could get this so fundamentally wrong. Hear this: Python is not named after the snake; it's named after Monty Python, as any cursory survey of its history will reveal.
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Twelve toes Aug 19, 2009 2:01pm GMT
Yeah so what if it was not named after a snake. Monty Python's ancestors derived their surname from the python snake itself which was commonly found in their area where they originated from; so it's still from the snake. Heh heh!Python is not named after a snake
Python programmer Aug 19, 2009 8:48am GMT
It's hard to imagine how the author could get this so fundamentally wrong. Hear this: Python is not named after the snake; it's named after Monty Python, as any cursory survey of its history will reveal.