Look at the cover of most books about Python, and you'll see a snake. The kind of snake that might, say, squeeze you to death. Not friendly. Not funny. That snake probably has a poor sense of humor.

Start programming in Python, and you'll soon learn that it was named after Monty Python. You'll realize that it has a charming community, and that people often insert references to the British comedy troupe in their code. Python is a happy go lucky language with a bizarre sense of humor.

Huge deadly snakes don't give me the same happy go lucky feeling as this language. Nor are they absurd, which would be OK given Monty Python's sense of humor.

I think it would make more sense for the language to be called Monty, which not only makes me think of Monty Python, but The Full Monty, gambling, a funny looking guy in a cap and other things that are more aligned with the spirit of the Python language and community.

This is clearly not an actual suggestion to change the name. Just my 2¢. Thoughts?