[smc-discuss] Malayalam of Source code?

[Saji Nediyanchath]

Manoj M Prabhakaran,
That wont' be an issue naa, since we usually speak of Source-code with
respect to one code[ സൂത്രം ]/file/project at a time.
So, മൂലസൂത്രം sounds ok to me, unlike 'one സൂത്രം which is the source of
every other one'.

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Manoj M Prabhakaran <manojmp at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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