Newbie question about reference

Tim Smith tssmith at velocio.com
Sun Mar 23 08:36:29 EST 2003


Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:
>Don't think of variables as "boxes" having objects "inside", as you
>might in some other languages; think of them as "post-it notes"
>that may be temporarily "stuck onto" objects -- an object may at
>any one time have one or several such references "stuck onto it".

A good way of putting it. Thanks.





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