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Do you speak Dutch? It's like the Python Zeep (SOAP - API protocol) client is Dutch for soap, Opnieuw is Dutch for again. I always wandered if that was a nod t
by sammorrowdrums 7y ago
Do you speak Dutch? It's like the Python Zeep (SOAP - API protocol) client is Dutch for soap, Opnieuw is Dutch for again.
I always wandered if that was a nod to Guido Van Rossum that people like naming python packages in Dutch?
- tijmendj 7y agoChannable is a Dutch company, and a lot of people who work here speak Dutch. I don't remember where we got it from but it is possibly a nod to Zeep. I joked that we should name our library such that you would have to do from driemaal import scheepsrecht
- Kim_Bruning 7y ago"There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it. Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch." -- Tim Peters, The Zen of Python O:-)
- lawlorino 7y agoI believe at least one of the contributors to Opnieuw is Dutch.
- sgt 7y agoNo, but I speak Afrikaans, which is closely related to Dutch. So "opnieuw" is easily understood. In Afrikaans it would be "weer" (or "weer oor").
- mixmastamyk 7y agoMost English names are already taken on PyPI. Using another language is one way to get around it.