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The Python language (funny that in this context, I can't just say "Python" on Hacker News) was named after this show.

• biohacker42 18y ago
  So what you're saying is that Guido van Rossum bought most of those DVDs?
  • dimitar 18y ago
    No. The Python programming language is a great advertisement for the show. Especially in areas in which it wasn't aired. I would have never heard of the show if GvR didn't name his language after it. Its said that its named after the TV series in every book about the language, on the website and in Wikipedia.
    • wizard_2 18y ago
      it doesn't help that Python's interactive console is named Idle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDLE_(Python) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDLE_(Python) and they have an IDE named Eric http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Python_IDE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Python_IDE
      • likpok 18y ago
        Also spam and eggs are common metasyntatic variables, and references to the pythons in comments is encouraged.
  • vlad 18y ago
    Yes, that's precisely what my point was. Guido spent all of his money on DVD's until he was broke again, just to give himself a great reason to dedicate another 10 years to improving the language, as well as to build the world's greatest Monty Python DVD Rental Library, similar to how Netflix operates, but mailing discs out by hand. This is mentioned in the newest Python 3.0 book.