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Using pseudonyms (was Re: Python 3K or Python 2.9?)

Bruno Desthuilliers bruno.42.desthuilliers at wtf.websiteburo.oops.com
Tue Sep 18 12:31:39 EDT 2007 
Aahz a écrit :
> In article <mailman.726.1190130940.2658.python-list at python.org>,
> Steve Holden  <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>> Aahz wrote:
>>> In article <46ef893c$0$21882$426a34cc at news.free.fr>,
>>> Bruno Desthuilliers  <bruno.42.desthuilliers at wtf.websiteburo.oops.com> wrote:
>>>> Aahz a écrit :
>>>>> In article <46ee2d9d$0$26213$426a74cc at news.free.fr>,
>>>>> Bruno Desthuilliers  <bruno.42.desthuilliers at wtf.websiteburo.oops.com> wrote:
>>>>>> But what, given that I'm an AOL user still thinking it's kewl to hide 
>>>>>> behind a pseudo, what else would you expect ?
>>>>> What exactly is a "pseudo", pray tell?
>>>> Sorry : a pseudonym (a nickname).
>>> You apparently missed the thrust of my sarcasm.  You can't tell what is
>>> or is not a pseudonym online.  For all I know, "Bruno Desthulliers" is a
>>> pseudonym.  While I recognize that there is some social advantage to
>>> linking consistent identifiers with people, I have I think understandable
>>> irritation with people who insist that names follow certain patterns.
>>>
>>> (For those joining only recently, my full legal name is "Aahz", which I
>>> changed from my former name precisely because of attitudes like Bruno's.)

For the record, I usually don't give a damn about what 
name/nickname/whatever peoples use.

>> ... coupled with a certain bloody-mindedness that forces you to rub 
>> people's noses in your ability to choose to do so? ;-)
> 
> While there's certainly some truth to that, it is also the case that I
> have seen people like Bruno take exception to some people's born names.
> After all, there are people whose parents chose to name them "Moon Unit".

But then adding the lastname (ie 'Zappa') could clear the possible 
confusion !-)
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