Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 1:26 PM HenHanna via Python-list <
python-list@python.org> wrote:

Johanne Fairchild wrote:
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HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:

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https://xkcd.com/1306/
                         what does  SIGIL   mean?

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  A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a variable
  name, such as $, @, and %.

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  Source:   https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary#sigil

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  Sigil is noun. Definitions:

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  A seal; a signet.
  A sign or an image considered magical.
  A seal; a signature.

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  Source:      The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English

Language, 5th Edition.
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omg...    Sigil  is a real word???
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The word "sigil" comes from the Latin term "sigillum," which means "little
sign."  This Latin root is also the source of our English word "seal,"
making "sigil" and "seal" doublets.
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  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sigil
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I understand "sigil" as referring to symbols occultists make up and use to
aid in their magick.