[smc-discuss] Malayalam of Source code?

[Manoj M Prabhakaran]

Sorry, seems like I can't say everything in one mail. A small follow-up
thought:

മൂലസൂത്രം sounds more like that one സൂത്രം which is the source of every
other one. A better phrase would be സൂത്രമൂലം.

Manoj

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Manoj M Prabhakaran <manojmp at gmail.com>wrote:

> Given that the discussion is still alive, let me try to elaborate a bit on
> why I think സൂത്രം (which someone else suggested earlier in this thread) is
> a really cool word for computer programs.
>
> സൂത്രം doesn't just mean a trick. For one, sutra "literally means a thread
> or line that holds things together"  (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%ABtra).  Also there is a connotation of
> it being something encoding information/instructions in a condensed form.
> For instance, to cite wikipedia again,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Sutras says "the practice of encoding
> complex rules in short, mnemonic verses is typical of the sutra style." Note
> also that സൂത്രവാക്യം means a formula, which is again an encoding of some
> form of computation.
>
> It is nice that സൂത്രം would probably emphasis not the text part of the
> program, but the algorithmic essence of a program (which as computer science
> theorist, I really like). The word does invoke the idea of something clever.
>
> If മൂലം is the word of choice for indicating source, we could go with
> മൂലസൂത്രം for source code. Programming languages would be സൂത്രഭാഷകള്‍ and
> programmer സൂത്രകൃത്ത് (?). Programming could be സൂത്രരചന, സൂത്രവേല or
> സൂത്രവിദ്യ (I reckon that the last one would sound like trick-trick :) I
> briefly thought of ആസൂത്രണം, but being a popular word meaning planning, it
> is best avoided).
>
> regards,
> Manoj
>
> ps: The only downside I can imagine would be PJs connecting it to kamasutra
> :-)
>
>
>
> 2011/2/18 James Austin <wattakattujamesaustin at gmail.com>
>
> മുമുമുളയ ..?
>> വിക്ക്ക്കൊന്റ്റ്  ഇല്ലേ?..
>>
>>
>> 2011/2/17 chris james <jkuttu at gmail.com>
>>
>>> മൂലയക്രിതി കൊള്ളാം.. പ്രവര്‍തതനാവലി  എന്നായാലോ ?
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