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Maybe because pronouns act as implicit identifiers? Kotlin goes a little way towards that by letting you use "it" to refer to the first parameter of a lambda (w
by ptx 3y ago
Maybe because pronouns act as implicit identifiers? Kotlin goes a little way towards that by letting you use "it" to refer to the first parameter of a lambda (which are used extensively) without having to introduce a new noun.
- k__ 3y agoGood point. There are natural languages without pronouns too, or at least it's seen as rude to use them like in Japanese.