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Re: Origin of 'self'

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Date Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:13:24 +1100
Subject Re: Origin of 'self'
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On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2014 22:16:31 -0800 (PST), Westley Martínez
> <anikom15@gmail.com> declaimed the following:
>
>>I understand that in an object method the first argument in the object itself, called self.  However, it doesn't have to be called self, and can be called anything.  So my question is why is it called self and not this like from C++ and Java.  It's kind of a silly question, but one that I'm curious about nevertheless.
>>
>
>         It didn't want to be egotistical (as I recall, M$ VB uses "me")

ALL language designers are egotistical. Goes with the territory.

(Larry Wall said that, I believe, regarding Perl.)

ChrisA

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Origin of 'self' Westley Martínez <anikom15@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 22:16 -0800
  Re:Origin of 'self' Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-03-03 01:49 -0500
  Re: Origin of 'self' Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-03 06:52 +0000
    Re: Origin of 'self' Westley Martínez <anikom15@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 17:56 -0800
      Re: Origin of 'self' Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-06 17:43 +0000
      Re: Origin of 'self' Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-06 19:46 +0200
  Re: Origin of 'self' Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 00:03 -0700
  Re: Origin of 'self' Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-03 13:35 -0500
  Re: Origin of 'self' Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-03-03 21:09 -0500
    Re: Origin of 'self' Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-03-03 21:14 -0500
      Re: Origin of 'self' Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-03-04 19:27 -0500
  Re: Origin of 'self' Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 13:13 +1100
  Re: Origin of 'self' MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-03-04 12:47 +0000
    Re: Origin of 'self' Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-04 14:27 +0000
      Re: Origin of 'self' MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-03-04 17:10 +0000
    Re: Origin of 'self' Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 19:45 -0800
      Re: Origin of 'self' MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-03-05 03:58 +0000
  Re: Origin of 'self' Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-03-04 19:25 -0500

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