Albatross the name Was: [albatross-users] Accessing the list of names in the context?

[Michael C. Neel]

I think he was refering to the Monty Python skit, you know Albatross
being a Monty Python skit and written in python and all that...

http://www.graphicszone.net/monty_python/scripts/Series_1/88.htm

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Kuhlman [mailto:dkuhlman at cutter.rexx.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:06 PM
> To: albatross-users at object-craft.com.au
> Subject: Albatross the name Was: [albatross-users] Accessing 
> the list of names in the context?
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:22:58AM +1100, Gregory Bond wrote:
> > > Instead of doing this, try using 
> > >     <al-for iter="ctxiter" expr="locals().keys()">
> > 
> > Ripper. Thanks!
> > 
> > This albatross thing is sooooo cool.  Pity about the 
> seabird bloody flavour 
> > tho.
> 
> I agree about the software but disagree about the bird.
> 
> The albatross is a magnificent creature.  Nothing flies farther and
> stays up longer than an Albatross.  It's a very appropriate name.
> 
> Also, an albatross stays aloft with very little effort and almost
> no wing flapping.  Efficiency and effortlessness are also apt
> connotations for Albatross the Web app server.
> 
> Also, some species, at least, mate for life or long periods.  Stick
> with Albatross.  It won't let you down.
> 
> By the way, in case you are worrying about the "albatross around
> the neck" thing, I looked up the "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". 
> (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/stc/Coleridge/poems/Rime_Ancien
t_Mariner.html)
The reason that the albatross was chosen as a symbol in that poem
is because, for a sailor, sighting an albatross was/is a *good*
omen.  Needless to say, there are (some of us) bird watchers who
would be thrilled at the sight of an albatross.

  - Dave

-- 
Dave Kuhlman
dkuhlman at rexx.com
http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman
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