inclusive-lower-bound, exclusive-upper-bound (was Re: Range Operation pre-PEP)

[Darren New]

> > (Though C uses pointers for arrays and strings, which is hideous.)
> So, Python's implicit use of pointers everywhere is hideous?

Python uses references, not pointers. If you can't do arithmetic on
them, they're not pointers.

A C string is a pointer to the first character. A python string is a
reference to the entire string. That makes it much less hideous. ;-)

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