Manoj M Prabhakaran,<br>That wont' be an issue naa, since we usually speak of Source-code with respect to one code[ സൂത്രം ]/file/project at a time.<br>So, മൂലസൂത്രം sounds ok to me, unlike 'one സൂത്രം which is the source of every other one'.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Manoj M Prabhakaran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:manojmp@gmail.com">manojmp@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Sorry, seems like I can't say everything in one mail. A small follow-up thought:<br><br>മൂലസൂത്രം sounds more like that one സൂത്രം which is the source of every other one. A better phrase would be സൂത്രമൂലം.<br><font color="#888888"><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Manoj M Prabhakaran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:manojmp@gmail.com" target="_blank">manojmp@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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.<br><br>സൂത്രം doesn't just mean a trick. For one, sutra "literally means a thread or line that holds things together" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%ABtra" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%ABtra</a>). Also there is a connotation of it being something encoding information/instructions in a condensed form. For instance, to cite wikipedia again, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Sutras" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Sutras</a> 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.<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>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).<br>
<br>regards,<br>Manoj<br><br>ps: The only downside I can imagine would be PJs connecting it to kamasutra :-)<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/2/18 James Austin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wattakattujamesaustin@gmail.com" target="_blank">wattakattujamesaustin@gmail.com</a>></span><div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">മുമുമുളയ ..? <div>വിക്ക്ക്കൊന്റ്റ് ഇല്ലേ?.. <div> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/2/17 chris james <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jkuttu@gmail.com" target="_blank">jkuttu@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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മൂലയക്രിതി കൊള്ളാം.. പ്രവര്തതനാവലി എന്നായാലോ ?<br>
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