Alex Martelli wrote:
>On Wednesday 24 April 2002 07:08, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> ...
>>>I don't know about the assertion that enumerate() is clearly going to
>>create numbers; the word is uncommon enough that most people might not
>>have any preconceived notion of it (certainly not people whose first
>>language is not English),
>>>>It has a Latin root ("numerus" == "number"), so people whose first language
>is a Romance one are well placed in this way.
>Which is probably why I brought up this point originally. I'll be
damned. My latin teacher was right. Latin and etymology classes _were_
going to be useful after all! =)
--davidatum ascherus
