Winpdb - A Platform Independent Python Debugger Winpdb 1.3.8 Tychod Released
Winpdb 1.3.8 Tychod is available for download. It includes some improvements to the name space viewer, a workaround to a segmentation fault in mod_python and some other bug fixes. The full list of changes is available at the download page.
Check this out: For the first time Winpdb has a codename. The first to guess right what this codename stands for will win a FREE copy of Winpdb Tychod!
Tychod stands for “Your step” / “your rythm”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe
or I prefer..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_(crater)
born of long ago violent impact on the moon leaving a scar visible to this very day.
Tychod is indirectly related to the Tycho crater. But how?
I suspected the ‘d’ refers to defenestration which is which is derived from Latin words meaning to throw something out a window. Obvious in this case we are throwing bugs out the window. It also refers to an act of political dissent which is expressed by using the name ‘winpdb’. By reclaiming ‘win’ as a multi-os name, one is refuting the political domination of Microsoft and their attempts to own many simple words. Together, these two concepts means you are trying to throw Windows out the window because it is a bug we have all suffered with far too long.
I think I’ll stop now.
surveyor VII landing site???
or
45.6° S 14.0° W 27 km
Indeed, I was initially surprised that many Linux developers gave up on the win prefix and actually dislike it, but conventions are powerful.
I started by insisting on reclaiming the ‘win’ prefix as you say, but after a while I was not so sure anymore. After all, conventions serve a purpose, don’t they?
Wouldn’t we be surprised if a program called PyDebugger turned out to be a debugger for C?
Anyhow, the ‘d’ in Tychod, naively stands for debugger.
I thought you had a few good suggestions in the Winpdb title thread, but regardless of the name, it’s great software. Thanks, Nir.