[Zpt] Two days until TAL/TALES spec freeze.

[Todd Coram]

Tim wrote:
> Evan wrote:
> > Should we call this 'builtins' instead?
>
> Well, they're not Python builtins, so perhaps "standard" is a better name
> after all.  IIRC, it started life as "std" (perhaps in analogy w/
> C++), but
> then there was a general NO MORE STINKING ABBREVIATIONS backlash.  I liked
> "std" myself <0.9 wink>.

<wink>
If "std" is good enuf for Bjarne (as the default namespace identifier), then
its good enuf for me.  Was it Rob Pike that argued in his C style guide
against silly long names? I am for using identifiers (even abbreviations)
that are commonly understood (like 'std', 'sys', 'io', 'var', 'int', 'etc')
rather than pedantically spelling them out, IMHO.
</wink>

TTFN, todd