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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