[ashton314]

Matthew Flatt picked “shrubbery” because it’s tree-like but not fully expanded, so it tends to be more broad/flat than deep like a tree. Hence also the term “enforrestation” when you fully expanded it.

I think the Monty Python reference is just a happy coincidence.

[psychoslave]

Nice to get so much insightful feedbacks. That's the kind of exchange that make HN still sometime interesting.

[shevy-java]

The knights who say Ni demand a shrubbery.

[ashton314]

More like the Knights who say Nil