On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Citizen Kant <citizenk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > this could be seen as an extravagant subject but that is not my original > purpose. I still don't know if I want to become a programmer or not. My guess is that you don't want to be a programmer. Otherwise you would know that you did. > At this moment I'm just inspecting the environment. I'm making my way to > Python (and OOP in general) from a philosophical perspective or point of > view and try to set the more global definition of Python's core as an > "entity". In order to do that, and following Wittgenstein's indication > about that the true meaning of words doesn't reside on dictionaries but in > the use that we make of them, the starting question I make to myself about > Python is: which is the single and most basic use of Python as the entity > it is? I mean, beside programming, what's the single and most basic result > one can expect from "interacting" with it directly (interactive mode)? I > roughly came to the idea that Python could be considered as an *economic > mirror for data*, one that mainly *mirrors* the data the programmer types > on its black surface, not exactly as the programmer originally typed it, > but expressed in the most economic way possible. That's to say, for > example, if one types >>>1+1 Python reflects >>>2. When data appears > between apostrophes, then the mirror reflects, again, the same but > expressed in the most economic way possible (that's to say without the > apostrophes). > > So, would it be legal (true) to define Python's core as an entity that > mirrors whatever data one presents to it (or feed it with) showing back the > most shortened expression of that data? > > Don't get me wrong. I can see the big picture and the amazing things that > programmers write on Python, it's just that my question points to the > lowest level of it's existence. > > Thanks a lot for your time. > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com
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