"self" instead of traditional "this" keyword?
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  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1079983/why-do-pythonistas-call-the-current-reference-self-and-not-this">Why do pythonistas call the current reference &ldquo;self&rdquo; and not &ldquo;this&rdquo;?</a>  </p>
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<p>I am wondering why there is in Python the convention to use <code>self</code> in classes instead of the traditional <code>this</code> keyword. It is used in some other languages so why python came up with <code>self</code> keyword??</p>
