Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-04-03 Thread HenHanna via Python-list
Blue-Maned_Hawk wrote: HenHanna wrote: https://xkcd.com/1306/ what does SIGIL mean? I'd define a sigil as a mandatory symbol used to indicate the properties of a name. if i'm getting this right... Sigil is part of the language spec, whereas (in Lisp

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-04-03 Thread HenHanna via Python-list
On 3/29/2024 11:21 PM, HenHanna wrote: https://xkcd.com/353/  ( Flying with  Python ) https://xkcd.com/1306/   what does  SIGIL   mean? -- (i got it...Thanks!) Other  xkcd   that you like? my fav. one may be the one about [Bad-ass Hacker] [Nice-ass car

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-04-01 Thread PA via Python-list
> On Mar 30, 2024, at 22:09, Johanne Fairchild via Python-list > wrote: > > Sigil is noun. Definitions: > > A seal; a signet. > A sign or an image considered magical. > A seal; a signature. Creating Sigils The origin and design process informing Urbit's generative user avatar system,

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-04-01 Thread inhahe via Python-list
On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 1:26 PM HenHanna via Python-list < python-list@python.org> wrote: > Johanne Fairchild wrote: > > > HenHanna writes: > > >> https://xkcd.com/1306/ > >> what does SIGIL mean? > > > A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-04-01 Thread HenHanna via Python-list
Johanne Fairchild wrote: HenHanna writes: https://xkcd.com/1306/ what does SIGIL mean? A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a variable name, such as $, @, and %. Source: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary#sigil Sigil

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-04-01 Thread Blue-Maned_Hawk via Python-list
HenHanna wrote: > https://xkcd.com/1306/ > what does SIGIL mean? I'd define a sigil as a mandatory symbol used to indicate the properties of a name. -- Blue-Maned_Hawk│shortens to Hawk│/blu.mɛin.dʰak/│he/him/his/himself/Mr. blue-maned_hawk.srht.site “Do you know

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-04-01 Thread Johanne Fairchild via Python-list
HenHanna writes: > https://xkcd.com/1306/ > what does SIGIL mean? A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a variable name, such as $, @, and %. Source: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary#sigil Sigil is noun. Definitions: A seal;

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-04-01 Thread HenHanna via Python-list
Greg Ewing wrote: On 30/03/24 7:21 pm, HenHanna wrote: https://xkcd.com/1306/ what does  SIGIL   mean? I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers. thanks!

xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-04-01 Thread HenHanna via Python-list
https://xkcd.com/353/ ( Flying with Python ) https://xkcd.com/1306/ what does SIGIL mean? Other xkcd that you like? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-03-31 Thread Peter J. Holzer via Python-list
On 2024-03-31 12:27:34 -0600, Mats Wichmann via Python-list wrote: > On 3/30/24 10:31, MRAB via Python-list wrote: > > On 2024-03-30 11:25, Skip Montanaro via Python-list wrote: > > > > > https://xkcd.com/1306/ > > > > >   what does  SIGIL   mean? > > > > > > > > I think

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-03-31 Thread Peter J. Holzer via Python-list
On 2024-03-30 17:58:08 +, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: > On 30/03/2024 07:04, Greg Ewing via Python-list wrote: > > On 30/03/24 7:21 pm, HenHanna wrote: > >> https://xkcd.com/1306/ > >> what does  SIGIL   mean? > > > > I think its' a Perl term, referring to the

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-03-31 Thread Mats Wichmann via Python-list
On 3/30/24 10:31, MRAB via Python-list wrote: On 2024-03-30 11:25, Skip Montanaro via Python-list wrote: > https://xkcd.com/1306/ >   what does  SIGIL   mean? I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers. I wouldn't consider '@' to

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-03-30 Thread Alan Gauld via Python-list
On 30/03/2024 07:04, Greg Ewing via Python-list wrote: > On 30/03/24 7:21 pm, HenHanna wrote: >> https://xkcd.com/1306/ >> what does  SIGIL   mean? > > I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of > identifiers. There seem to be several

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-03-30 Thread MRAB via Python-list
On 2024-03-30 11:25, Skip Montanaro via Python-list wrote: > https://xkcd.com/1306/ > what does SIGIL mean? I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers. I had a vague recollection of hearing it elsewhere (*Game of Thrones,*

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-03-30 Thread Skip Montanaro via Python-list
> > > https://xkcd.com/1306/ > > what does SIGIL mean? > > I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of > identifiers. > I had a vague recollection of hearing it elsewhere (*Game of Thrones,* on the armies' battle flags?), but didn't know what

Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

2024-03-30 Thread Greg Ewing via Python-list
On 30/03/24 7:21 pm, HenHanna wrote: https://xkcd.com/1306/ what does  SIGIL   mean? I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers. -- Greg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list