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Tue May 6 19:41:35 CEST 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-May/079182.html

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
>  <asmodai at in-nomine.org> wrote:
>  > -On [20080505 05:38], Guido van Rossum (guido at python.org) wrote:
>  >  >  http://code.google.com/p/rietveld/source/browse
>  >
>  >  Is it a reference to Gerrit Rietveld (Dutch architect and furniture
>  >  designer)?
>
>  Yes, as I explain here:
>  http://code.google.com/p/rietveld/wiki/CodeReviewBackground
>
>
>  > I guess the architect part would make sense for a code review
>  >  tool. :)
>
>  That's purely a coincidence. My dad was an architect and took me on
>  trips of Rietveld's work. I also own some fairly original Zig Zag
>  chairs (much to my family's despair, as they aren't too comfortable.
>  :-)

Was it also a coincidence that Mondrian and Rietveld were both members
of the De Stijl movement? If so, a very nice one!

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