In website/_containers/begin/2013-10-30-setup-your-machine.md we read that pip stands for “python installs python”, but if memory serves it’s actually “pip install packages”. The tagline on Ian Bicking’s website used to read “pip install packages. Python packages”; in the current documentation, I didn’t find any explanation for pip’s name in a quick search.
I also think that the syntax of the sentence is weird (“pip, stands for X, is a tool”); I would describe what it is before explaining the acronym (one of my pet peeves: naming a name is not an explanation :), and replace “stands” with “standing”. Removing this whole phrase would be my favorite solution: “pip is a tool for installing things” is perfect.
merwok
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8 years ago
In website/_containers/begin/2013-10-30-setup-your-machine.md we read that pip stands for “python installs python”, but if memory serves it’s actually “pip install packages”. The tagline on Ian Bicking’s website used to read “pip install packages. Python packages”; in the current documentation, I didn’t find any explanation for pip’s name in a quick search.
I also think that the syntax of the sentence is weird (“pip, stands for X, is a tool”); I would describe what it is before explaining the acronym (one of my pet peeves: naming a name is not an explanation :), and replace “stands” with “standing”. Removing this whole phrase would be my favorite solution: “pip is a tool for installing things” is perfect.