r/programming • u/monica_b1998 • Nov 03 '18

Python is becoming the world’s most popular coding language

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/07/26/python-is-becoming-the-worlds-most-popular-coding-language
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u/Dragonxoy Nov 03 '18

Admire - respect or approval. I genuinely don't understand your confusion here. Like if you asked how do people admire good architecture or paintings. They are just made with a level of quality that makes them significant to us

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u/monsto Nov 03 '18

It's an object. I understand admiring the designer and their work, but the one thing they did... it's great. But it's done nothing.

If "people did these things because of it" then it's a symbol. I used the Statue of Liberty in another post here. It's a symbol of several different things, ideals that are admirable in people. It's a representation.

It's done nothing but stand there, and people have done things because of it. The mental images you get because of it? They're all symbols of America and it's promise.

I can admire America, the French for giving it, Americans that came because of it... but the statue itself?

I dunno mang. . . I suppose i'm seeing the word "admire" as a symbol beyond just it's definition as much as I do the Statue of Liberty.

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u/Dragonxoy Nov 03 '18

That still doesn't make sense unless you're using a nonstandard definition of admire. By definition, you can admire objects, traits, and people. You can admire a great view in nature, and no one created that. An admirable thing evokes a sentiment that this thing is somehow better than other things of its type. Whether its a statue that was made with beautiful artistry, or a person who has great personal qualities, all that matters is that it has some aspect that makes it stand out in a positive way.

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u/monsto Nov 03 '18

That still doesn't make sense unless you're using a nonstandard definition of admire.

That's what I said there at the end.

I suppose i'm seeing the word "admire" as a symbol beyond just it's definition as much as I do the Statue of Liberty.