Well, it’s not so much the name of the parameter – it’s just the fact that you have to have it as a parameter. In the languages I’m used to working in, ‘this’ is sort of an implicit variable.

Not that it really matters, it’s just a minor thing

In fact, the only thing I don’t like about python is the fact that when you’re creating a class, all the methods have to take the parameter “self”. In Java, the identifier “this” refers to the instance of the class in which the code is currently executing. I’m not sure why python doesn’t do this

‘self’ is only a convention, it is not hard coded in the interpreter. If you want to use ‘this’ (or anything else for that matter) then it will work, as long as you are consistent.