On 15/08/18 06:21, Steve Barnes wrote:
The English language has, historically, always borrowed, co-opted and sometimes perverted words from other languages to allow distinct concepts to be expressed concisely - which I personally, (admittedly as a native speaker), find rather useful.
I think you and Michael are arguing to the same end. He was suggesting that it's easier to teach a concept by introducing the idea and then a name for it, rather like the way Python creates objects before binding them.
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