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Wed Apr 18 20:19:10 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/092407.html

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:41:50 -0400, D-Man <dsh8290 at rit.edu> wrote:
>On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 01:40:53PM +0200, Martin von Loewis wrote:
>| I disagree. In Smalltalk, which is one of the oldest OO languages, the
>| object being dealt with is always referred-to as "self". Even in a
>| natural language, the actor always refers to the subject of an action,
>| even if the subject is the actor ("I understand this", not "Understand
>| this").

>Only in English.  In other languages (Spanish comes to mind, I don't
>really know any others but AFAIK all Romance languages are identical
>in this regard) the verb changes to indicate the subject.

    Dare I mention, though, that at least one language constructed to be
simple and regular, Esperanto, does indicate self?  :)

Mi komprendas cxi tio.

    Of course I am a bit rusty so that is most likely wrong.  :)

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