On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 09:33:09 -0600 Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have fair points. Unfortunately, though, the word > length of the article just didn't provide enough space to > go into the level of detail those subjects would have > required. I tried to compromise by giving the answer that > most closely fit the situation without being exactly > correct.
I find that it's not difficult to explain Python object handling if you simply insist on the concept of "name binding" instead of "variable assignment": a = 1 in C puts the value "1" in the variable "a" as if it were a box that can hold values, while in Python it tacks a virtual sticky note "a" on the object "1". I don't know anything about Lisp, but I have gathered that Python's name-binding behavior is conceptually similar to it. Once you have this concept, most of the rest of Python's behavior follows naturally. Makes for a nice figure, too, which Free Software Magazine needs more of. -- Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
