On Oct 19, 8:46, Larry Wall wrote:
>
> In article <CF3Mwz.Hxr@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> ced@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Charles Derykus) writes:
> : I think assoc.arrays deserve something whimsical. Maybe, along
> : the line of
> :
> : joytable
> : happyhash
> : funarray (say it fast)
> : ?
> :
> : After all, Perl is getting awfully serious :-)
>
> I think that's the reason I lean towards "hash". "map" is so...sober...
>
> Just try to say "hash" with a straight face.
>
> Larry
>
>
> -- End of excerpt from lwall@netlabs.com (Larry Wall)
For obvious reasons, I think the python documentation
should be changed to call these objects "SPAM" !
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