· min read
Why Python is called Python (it's Monty Python, not the snake)
Guido van Rossum named Python in December 1989 after Monty Python's Flying Circus, not the reptile. The snake logo is a 2006 retrofit, the docs say spam and eggs instead of foo and bar, and the BDFL title started as a joke in a 1995 mailing-list thread.
#python
#history
#naming
#ai-assisted