why python annoys me

Martin von Loewis loewis at informatik.hu-berlin.de
Fri Apr 20 02:12:03 EDT 2001


"Delaney, Timothy" <tdelaney at avaya.com> writes:

> In *English* the actor always refers to the subject as most verb
> conjugations (what few there are ;) do not imply the subject.

Please don't take me as English-centric. I would have normally brought
up German examples ("Das verstehe ich."), but then nobody would have
understood me :-) Even though there are more verb conjugations in
German than in English, it is still mandatory to have a subject when
you have an object.

Regards,
Martin



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