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taking that one a bit too far maybe or like pip do you know pip I mean this is a slightly different joke but like do you know pip pip is a package installer for python right so when you install python you do pip install do you know what pip means python install packages pip installs packages Yes.
taking that one a bit too far maybe or like pip do you know pip I mean this is a slightly different joke but like do you know pip pip is a package installer for python right so when you install python you do pip install do you know what pip means python install packages pip installs packages Yes.
Recursive acronym.
Recursive acronym.
Right. So, well, you know, I was missing this reference for years and someone pointed it out and I was like, well, I suppose it makes sense.
Right. So, well, you know, I was missing this reference for years and someone pointed it out and I was like, well, I suppose it makes sense.
No, I think it's one of the Flying Circus, maybe?
No, I think it's one of the Flying Circus, maybe?
I think it's not helping for Python programmers to look like they're in a co-win or something.
I think it's not helping for Python programmers to look like they're in a co-win or something.
Someone jumping in the middle of the podcast listening to us talk about eggs and snakes. Wasn't this about tech?
Someone jumping in the middle of the podcast listening to us talk about eggs and snakes. Wasn't this about tech?
For instance, one of the funny ones, one of these attempts at Git compilers from back in the day, I think from Google, was called Unladen Swallow. From the Monty Python Life of Ranger? No, no, no, sorry.
For instance, one of the funny ones, one of these attempts at Git compilers from back in the day, I think from Google, was called Unladen Swallow. From the Monty Python Life of Ranger? No, no, no, sorry.
Holy Grail, yeah. The speed of the Unladen Swallow.
Holy Grail, yeah. The speed of the Unladen Swallow.
Well, not quite yet, I would say. So see, Python has a very old build system. It's AutoTools, which is this computer make. People that have been doing Linux for a long time probably have run into this. And one of the challenges of this is that And then it's another different for Windows, but both macOS and most Unix platforms use that.
Well, not quite yet, I would say. So see, Python has a very old build system. It's AutoTools, which is this computer make. People that have been doing Linux for a long time probably have run into this. And one of the challenges of this is that And then it's another different for Windows, but both macOS and most Unix platforms use that.
So for a long time, that was okay, but there was a lot of platforms that we couldn't support, partially because of the build system and partially because the source required changes. Like many of the things that we're, the efforts that we're trying to do right now to make Python available in the browser.
So for a long time, that was okay, but there was a lot of platforms that we couldn't support, partially because of the build system and partially because the source required changes. Like many of the things that we're, the efforts that we're trying to do right now to make Python available in the browser.