why python annoys me

[Martin von Loewis]

neelk at alum.mit.edu (Neelakantan Krishnaswami) writes:

> Hi Paul, I think I will have to disagree with you on this point.  ints
> and arrays are not objects in Java, whereas the corresponding things
> in Python are. 

This is OT, but arrays in Java are objects. You create them with new,
they follow an inheritance hierarchy, can be polymorphically passed
where Object is allowed, and support introspection.

The "primitive" types (i.e. the numeric types and boolean) are not
objects in Java.

Regards,
Martin