Re: OT: C vs Python terminology

2013-06-16 Thread Dave Angel
On 06/16/2013 11:02 AM, Andreas Perstinger wrote: On 16.06.2013 14:55, Dave Angel wrote: On 06/16/2013 07:22 AM, Andreas Perstinger wrote: But it doesn't. It binds b to the same object to which a is currently bound. Are you aware that Denis was talking about the behaviour of C in the abov

Re: OT: C vs Python terminology

2013-06-16 Thread Andreas Perstinger
On 16.06.2013 14:55, Dave Angel wrote: On 06/16/2013 07:22 AM, Andreas Perstinger wrote: On 16.06.2013 08:32, Denis McMahon wrote: C: ^ int a, b; b = 6; a = b; In C, this places the numeric value 6 into the memory location identified ^ by the variable "b", so far s

Re: OT: C vs Python terminology

2013-06-16 Thread Dave Angel
On 06/16/2013 07:22 AM, Andreas Perstinger wrote: On 16.06.2013 08:32, Denis McMahon wrote: C: int a, b; b = 6; a = b; In C, this places the numeric value 6 into the memory location identified by the variable "b", so far so good. then copies the value from the location pointed to by "b" in