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Mere coincidence that the Python's gem-like packages are called eggs?
by aston 17y ago
Mere coincidence that the Python's gem-like packages are called eggs?
- andreyf 17y agoI wondered that, also: I didn't think Python's eggs solved this problem... do they?
- nuclear_eclipse 17y agoNo, eggs are just an unofficial, "convenient" method for distributing Python modules. However, AFAIK, Python itself "solves" this problem simply by giving errors whenever you try to import a different version/instance of a module, but I could be wrong.
- andreyf 17y agoIf you're talking about the native Python modules, I'm pretty sure Python simply ignores repeated imports (and there is no version number in most module names).
- nuclear_eclipse 17y agoConsidering that pythons lay eggs, and that Monty Python's use of "Spam and eggs" heavily influences the language's replacement for "foo" and "bar", yes.
- raganwald 17y agoMere coïncidence.