[Python-Dev] Re: proposal: add basic time type to the standard library (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:10:05 +1300 (NZDT)


Tim Peters <tim@zope.com>:

Hell, I even recognize SVP as a suffix of the good old English RSVP -- it figures the French would drop the first and most important letter .

RSVP = repondez s'il vous plait = reply, please SVP = s'il vous plait = please

(I know, this has nothing to do with timezones. Sorry. I'll stop now.)

Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+