What is not objects in Python?

[Aaron "Castironpi" Brady]

On Sep 30, 7:39 am, Steve Holden <st... at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:03:07 -0700, namekuseijin wrote:
>
> >>> Why isn't len implemented as a str.len and list.len method instead of a
> >>> len(list) function?
> >> Because postfix notation sucks.  The natural way of spelling is
> >> adjective+noun and verb+predicate.
>
> > "Natural"?
>
> > You mean phrases like "heir apparent" and "worst choice imaginable" are
> > unnatural?
>
> They are certainly far from normal usage, as my dog yellow would be
> certain to agree.
>
> > To say nothing of languages like Spanish, Albanian, Italian,
> > Cornish, Vietnamese, Hebrew...
>
> It's long been a convention in the Western programming world to pretend
> no other language than English and no other codes than ASCII exist.
>
> The fact that Python is beginning to come to terms with Unicode is a
> tribute to certain developers' persistence.
>
> regards
>  Steve
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How do you have a yellow dog, and what does s/he know about natural
noun-verb usage?