What other languages use the same data model as Python?
Hans Georg Schaathun
hg at schaathun.net
Tue May 3 08:39:24 EDT 2011
On 01 May 2011 08:45:51 GMT, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
: Python uses a data model of "name binding" and "call by object" (also
: known as "call by sharing"). I trust I don't need to define my terms, but
: just in case:
Without having the time to get my hand around exactly what this means:
Simula has three ways of transmitting arguments, namely transmission
by name, by value, and by reference. Is transmission by name the same
as call by object? Anyway, I have never seen anyone counting more than
three ways of doing this ...
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:-- Hans Georg
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