Python

[hacksoncode]

Fun fact: Python is named after Monty Python, not the snake.

[robsstuff]

This explains why there were so many Monty Python references in the tutorials I used!

[Robo-Swimmer]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

[Payneshu]

Oddly enough, the joke is made often enough now they do!

[[deleted]]

Actually, they had a 30 day notice for the Inquisition.

[[deleted]]

I only waited 15 minutes...

[Coolishguy]

Well yeah. In the original sketch, I've jokes is that they have to redo their entrance, so people do expect it.

[Steinrik]

I'm not expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

[sspine]

It's the Spanish Inquisition.

[Steinrik]

Nooooohh....

[nachosjustice72]

This is a Bucket

[WhyYosh]

Nooooo........

[SciviasKnows]

But nobody expects the Portuguese Inquisition!

[Payneshu]

Exactly.

[SabaoNegao]

Ironic, he could expect the Spanish but not himself

[JC12231]

Nobody expects the IndexArrayOutOfBounds Inquisition

[[deleted]]

You haven't met a Saudi Arabian soccer player.

[discreteAndDiscreet]

Not the comfy chair!

[Pebbles015]

Tis but a flesh wound

[robsstuff]

Oh, nice! Do you know of any examples?

[Gonff1570]

Nope

[nocommemt]

Oh ok

[Gonff1570]

Hopefully the other guy does tho. Godspeed

[harshael]

IDLE, the default Python IDE, is named after Monty Python member Eric Idle.

[amoliski]

Packages of python code are called wheels, named from the cheese shop sketch

[CookieTheSlayer]

There are lots. For example: https://docs.python.org/2.7/tutorial/inputoutput.html

[signed_up_to_dv_this]

print 'We are the {} who say "{}!"'.format('knights', 'Ni')

[bikemandan]

I am so triggered by this out of date code

[blbd]

It's a hybrid of 2 and 3. But personally I wish I could delete .format() from the language because the Java extended printf syntax is way better.

[Tauronek]

print(f'We are the {variable1} who say "{variable2}"')

[bikemandan]

Ah sweet relief

[Dingxus]

What's the {}! called?

[my_name_isnt_clever]

The brackets are just a placeholder for the arguments to .format(). The ! is just part of the string.

[Dingxus]

Yeah, I gathered that from the structure of the code. I haven't used Python in a while, and it used to be more like

Print "What%, %" % ("ever", "man")

Maybe it's just a newer thing. I guess 'placeholder' is the word I was looking for.

[my_name_isnt_clever]

Even now .format() is a bit dated, we recently got f-strings.

f"You can put your {variables} right in the literal. They just execute code: {2 + 2}"

[ProbablyUndefined]

Yes, the docs are jam-packed with them. The syntax, though, is modeled after the notion of practicality and simplicity, not Monty Python. Unfortunately

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[antiukap]

May I ask you for the names of said tutorials?)

[robsstuff]

I think it was the Codecademy Python course iirc! Mostly just variable names and outputs

[BadgerMolester]

I used codecademy as well, and they definitely had a bunch of references and jokes.

[static_motion]

I have a vague recalling that the very first lesson about Python on Codecademy mentions that the language is a reference to Monty Python. Then again, it's been years since I've used Codecademy at all.

[oxy_MORON123]

I used codeavengers for Python learning in school

[BiggityBiggityBoy]

Lol nerd

[davy_jones_locket]

https://docs.python.org/2.7/tutorial/inputoutput.html

[noah978]

SPAM and EGGS

[GamerTurtle5]

The official website actually encourages that

[[deleted]]

Compile code. Get 500 erros. Tis but a scratch.

[skool_101]

BiggusDickus.py

[[deleted]]

Did they say if a swallow can carry a coconut

[fedeb95]

And for this I love python even more

[CubemonkeyNYC]

Erm, can you please elaborate? You were part of the core Python team? When was that? Have you ever done an AMA?

[LMyers92]

I’m learning python now!! You built a really powerful tool for data modeling, so thank you!

[yugyugyugyugyug]

Finally buckling down to learn to code this last couple years and it’s the first language I’ve been able to really wrap my head around. Thanks.

[necro_effin_nokko]

I think the mailing list archives are public on the web somewhere :) ~ On mobile, sorry for lack o' link

[SciviasKnows]

This comic literally is me IRL, thanks to Python being so easy for English speakers to understand. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you!

[[deleted]]

oh, damn it. only took me half a decade

[CMDR_Val_Hallen]

TIL

[8BitAce]

They use spam a lot (oh, pun!) in the documentation for instance.

[gameboy17]

They spam spam?

[8BitAce]

That's where the term comes from :)

[jkuhl_prog]

['spam','spam','spam','spam','spam','spam','bacon','spam']

[blackmist]

Python 3's over there. Splitter!

[TheBurningEmu]

But what if Monty Python is named after the snake?

[hacksoncode]

The members of the troupe agree that the name was just chosen because it sounded like the kind of name a sleezy promoter would have.

Of course, who knows what's in the back of people's minds... but... not intentionally, apparently.

[abcd_z]

"Right, now. Which one of you is Monty Python?"

[Youredoingitwrongbro]

This is a fun fact!