Travis Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I wouldn't call it unfortunate. The list semantics follow LISP's
> semantics far more closely than C's array semantics. I would hazard
> to guess that they are called lists because that is what every
> functional language calls them and this aspect of p
On Jan 18, 2008, at 2:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> J. Peng>why perl call it array and python call it list?<
>
> Unfortunate naming, I'd say. Calling list a dynamic array is silly,
> despite all the things you may say about abstract data types having
> the correct methods, etc.
I wouldn't
> Paddy:
>
> > I guess 'under the hood' Python (& Perl?), arrays might be more like
> > an implementation of what the C programmer might call a linked list,
> > but even then there are differences as most linked list examples
> > given in C tutorials are lists of the same type of object,
>
>
J. Peng>why perl call it array and python call it list?<
Unfortunate naming, I'd say. Calling list a dynamic array is silly,
despite all the things you may say about abstract data types having
the correct methods, etc.
Paddy:
> I guess 'under the hood' Python (& Perl?), arrays might be more like
On Jan 18, 8:18 am, "J. Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Jan 18, 3:23 am, "J. Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
> >> I see list has all features of array in C or perl.
> >> so please tell me.thanks.
>
> > If you are new to Py
> On Jan 18, 3:23 am, "J. Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
>> I see list has all features of array in C or perl.
>> so please tell me.thanks.
>>
>
> If you are new to Python, then where other languages may reach for an
> 'ar
Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:05:23 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> > In Python, 'list' is a basic built-in type. Python has no 'array'
> > type [...]
> Did you forget the array module?
Yes.
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On Jan 18, 3:23 am, "J. Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
> I see list has all features of array in C or perl.
> so please tell me.thanks.
If you are new to Python, then where other languages may reach for an
'array', Python programs mi
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:05:23 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> "J. Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
>
> In Python, 'list' is a basic built-in type. Python has no 'array' type,
> though that term is often used to refer to the 'array' typ
"J. Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> what's the difference between an array and a list in python?
In Python, 'list' is a basic built-in type. Python has no 'array'
type, though that term is often used to refer to the 'array' type
defined in Numeric Python (which is not part of the standard lib
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