In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Wooding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Prolog and Erlang distinguish atoms from variables by the case of > the first letter; also `_' is magical and is equivalent to a new > variable name every time you use it. Can you explain that in more detail? A literal reading of what you wrote would mean that if you did (assuming this is even legal syntax): _ = 1; y = _; the _'s are different variables, which is absurd enough to make me believe I just misunderstood you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list