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Tue Jul 11 08:54:28 CEST 2006 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-July/067233.html

On 7/10/06, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
> Jeremy Hylton wrote:
>
> > To express this email in the positive form:
> > 1. Reserved words should be real words.
> > 2. The meaning of the word should be clear.
> > 3. "Put statements in positive form."  (Strunk & White)
> > 4. The word should sound good.
>
> agreed.  a word should describe what a thing is, not what it isn't.

Just looking at a thesaurus, came up with expose.  Not to mention
outward, remote, peripheral and without.  We already have a 'with'
keyword, why not 'without'?  Oh, I guess it fails #3...and #2...and #4
too.  Screw it, just go with alien. :-)

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/outer

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