A question on modification of a list via a function invocation
Rustom Mody
rustompmody at gmail.com
Mon Sep 4 10:59:58 EDT 2017
On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 7:50:39 PM UTC+5:30, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 01:11 pm, Rustom Mody wrote:
> > Simply put: pythonistas have no coherent/consistent sense of what python
> > values are. And the endless parameter-passing-nomenclature arguments are just
> > the fallout of that.
>
> This is not a dispute unique to the Python community. Similar arguments take
> place in the Java and Ruby communities, and I daresay many others.
Well good to know we agree on this [I would add lisp to this list since its
the progenitor of this model]
And it is a primary factor for the desirability of transcending the imperative paradigm
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