Hello, I have been recently thinking at lexical distinctions around the notion of data. (--> eg for a starting point http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhatIsData) Not only but especially in Python. I ended up with the following questions: Can one state "in Python value=data=object"? Can one state "in Python speak value=data=object"?
What useful distinctions are or may be done, for instance in documentation? What kind of difference in actual language semantics may such distinctions mirror? Denis PS: side-question on english: I am annoyed by the fact that in english "data" is mainly used & understood as a collective (uncountable) noun. "datum" (singular) & "datas" (plural) seem to be considered weird. How to denote a single unit of data wothout using the phrase "piece of data"? Can one still use "datum" or "datas" (or "data" as plural) and be trivially understood by *anybody* (not only scientists)? Or else what word should one use? --> Compare: german Datum/Daten http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Datum, french donnée/données http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/donn%C3%A9e, etc... ________________________________ vit esse estrany ☣ spir.wikidot.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
