why python annoys me

Courageous jkraska1 at san.rr.com
Thu Apr 19 13:05:52 EDT 2001


>> To take your exact example in Portuguese, it is equally valid and
>> common to say "Entendo" (understand) as "Eu entendo" (I understand)
>> as the verb conjugation tells you who is being talked about.

For those interested in this topic, the Romance languages pick this up
from Latin (i.e., the "Roman" in Romance). In Latin, adding the personal
pronoun is strictly optional; when done, it can imply some sort of emphasis
on the personal pronoun, as in "**I** understand".

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