[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 279 revisited (original) (raw)

David Ascher DavidA@ActiveState.com
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:05:15 -0700

Alex Martelli wrote:

On Wednesday 24 April 2002 07:08, Guido van Rossum wrote: ...

I don't know about the assertion that enumerate() is clearly going to create numbers; the word is uncommon enough that most people might not have any preconceived notion of it (certainly not people whose first language is not English),

It has a Latin root ("numerus" == "number"), so people whose first language is a Romance one are well placed in this way. Which is probably why I brought up this point originally. I'll be damned. My latin teacher was right. Latin and etymology classes were going to be useful after all! =)

--davidatum ascherus