[Edu-sig] Python for Algorithms and Data Structures...

[Patrick K. O'Brien]

[Markus Gritsch]
>
> Pointers are not necessary.  They are only an artefact of C which you
> have to know and to use to write useful code.  C++ introduces references
> and actually Python also uses references.  Python combines this with
> mutual and non-mutual data types which is IMHO quite elegant.

I've never heard of "mutual and non-mutual data types" and a Google search
produced no results at all. Can you explain what you mean by these terms?
Just curious. Thanks.

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