Steve Howell showell30 at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 8 12:08:58 EST 2007

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--- Jan Claeys <usenet at janc.be> wrote:

> Op Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:20:52 +1300, schreef greg:
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> > If you want a really appropriate name for a
> programming language, I'd
> > suggest Babbage. (not for Python, though!)
> 
> Konrad Zuse wrote the first high-level programming
> language, so I think 
> his name would be a better candidate...
> 

If you renamed the language Z in honor of Mr. Zuse,
there would be a certain symmetry given the role of
ABC in Python's history: 

http://www.artima.com/intv/pythonP.html




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