How to Teach Python "Variables"

[Aurélien Campéas]

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>     Hello,
> 
>     IIRC, I once saw an explanation how Python doesn't have "variables" 
> in the sense that, say, C does, and instead has bindings from names to 
> objects. Does anyone have a link?
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     Ami

That's something I've often heard and I don't get it. Somehow I don't 
understand how C variables are not like python bindings (the differences 
being that C variables are statically typed and completely disappear at 
run-time; are these differences important enough to warrant such a shift 
in terminology ? (yes there are some other differences, but then the 
question is asked in a context of pedagogy, where the audience is 
introduced to the basics))

I mean : aren't C variables also bindings from names to objects ? Or what ?