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

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[-] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 151 points 3 months ago

If I'm not wrong python is named after Monty python TV show and not after a animal

[-] Hope@lemmy.world 65 points 3 months ago

Monty Python, being a comedy troupe, consists of humans, which are a type of animal ;)

[-] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago

...Similar to pythons, which happen to be animals as well.

[-] Faresh@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure, but I think that might have been part of the joke, seeing all the comments here.

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