For the curious: the Pants name origin story is not about rugged attire. @enough-analyst-54434, who created the project over a decade ago, named it as a play on "Python Ant".
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enough-analyst-54434
11/23/2021, 4:00 PM
The plural was actually key. It was literally a python script that generated hundreds of ant build files.
enough-analyst-54434
11/23/2021, 4:12 PM
Python executable, Python ants - pretty boring names.
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busy-vase-39202
11/23/2021, 4:59 PM
I am grateful you did not choose to name it Ants in the Pants.