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Fun fact: Python is the only programming language named after an animal!

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 79 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Python isn’t named after an animal it’s named after a comedy troupe, which is a group of animals

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Python, Spam, IDLE.

Monte Python have a lot to answer for.

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[–] General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Until recently, thought it was also named after Pythagoras, with the snake being a double meaning.

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

fun fact: Pythagoras was named after the snake god Glycon.

(this is not true)

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