[aerovistae]

I taught a class in Boston on how to program with python, just kind of basic introduction to the language and making simple programs for people who had never done it before or needed help learning.

It deepened my own understanding of python substantially as I prepared for each class by making sure I understood things completely so that nobody could surprise me with any questions like "Why was `self` designed to be implicitly passed but not implicit in declaration?" etc.

[foo101]

So why was `self` designed to be implicitly passed but not implicit in declaration?

[jszymborski]

That is a divine mystery of python, child.

We are not to understand it's meaning, but to understand it's glory.