Why self?

[Robb Shecter]

Richard Barrett wrote:

 >>  I wrote:
 >>  ...[I hate doing this:]...
>>
>>     self.__velocity = self.__factor1 * self.__factor2
>>
> 
> And now you are going to tell which language (compiled or scripting, 
> functional or procedural, or whatever) with OO capability is more 
> productive, from the standpoint of tested lines of code per day, as 
> Python ...
> 

I don't understand what you're asking.  Python is very productive 
overall - I just recommended it as our client app development language. 
  Doesn't mean, though, that there are some parts that are less than 
optimal.

Robb