[smc-discuss] Malayalam of Source code?

[Jayadevan Raja]

മൂലികം അല്ലെ ഏറ്റവും ലളിതം?

On 19 February 2011 07:58, Saji Nediyanchath <saji89 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Vattakattu
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