History of 'self' and why not at least 'my'?

[Karl M. Syring]

"Roy Smith" <roy at panix.com> schrieb
> Karl M. Syring <syring at email.com> wrote:
> >"Steven Majewski" <sdm7g at Virginia.EDU> schrieb
> >> As a homage to Intercal, and to promote a more sensitve, less selfish
> >> Python programming style, I propose we change the convention to use
> >> "please" instead of "self", as in:
> >> 
> >> def somemethod( please, arg ):
> >> please.append(arg)
> >> please.sort()
> >> please.reverse()
> >> 
> >> It would sure make my day of reading code more pleasant!
> >
> >Steve,
> >I would propose the use of the C preprocessor. Adding a
> >#define please self
> >at the top of file should be pleasing enough.
> >
> >Karl M. Syring
> >
> >
> 
> How about:
> 
> def foo (self):
>     self.referential = self
>     if (self.referential.referential == self.referential):
>        return self
>     else:
> return self.referential

This smacks of solipsism. I would prefer the cpp and
#define please me

Karl M. Syring