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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> w=
rote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2014 22:16:31 -0800 (PST), Westley Mart=C3=ADnez
> <anikom15@gmail.com> declaimed the following:
>
>>I understand that in an object method the first argument in the object it=
self, 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 curiou=
s 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