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Author	steven.daprano
Recipients	docs@python, eric.smith, kagarwal, steven.daprano
Date	2020-08-26.18:31:42
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Message-id	<1598466702.16.0.725977443759.issue41645@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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I don't think that Python, a computer language, IS an approach to OOP. A programming language HAS an approach to OOP. We would say "Python's approach to OOP is ..." so the approach is something that belongs to Python, it isn't Python itself. (My dog's approach to cats is to bark loudly and chase them. It would be wrong to say that my dog is to bark loudly and chase cats.) So the sentence is grammatically correct, inserting an "is" would make it incorrect. But perhaps it could be re-written to be more clear? It seems a little clumsy to me.

I don't think that Python, a computer language, IS an approach to OOP. A programming language HAS an approach to OOP.

We would say "Python's approach to OOP is ..." so the approach is something that belongs to Python, it isn't Python itself.

(My dog's approach to cats is to bark loudly and chase them. It would be wrong to say that my dog is to bark loudly and chase cats.)

So the sentence is grammatically correct, inserting an "is" would make it incorrect. But perhaps it could be re-written to be more clear? It seems a little clumsy to me.

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