Steve Holden wrote: > No. Python implicitly dereferences all names when using them to compute > values, and only uses them as references on the left-hand side of an > assignment. > > Please note the above statement is contentious, and will likely bring a > horde of screaming fanatics of various flavors down on my head for > terminological inexactitude.
Actually, I am not a "screaming fanatic". I just want to learn. I am not trying to compare Perl or PHP with Python. I don't know enough Python to do that. I see an exponential increase in the use of Python and I want to find out why is that. I don't plan on discarding my knowledge of Perl and PHP and I don't know enough Python to make a reasonable comparison. whether I will use Python on regular basis or not is still to be decided. One thing is certain: it's easier to use what I already know but then, that's not the point. I've heard very good things about Django and TurboGears and I got my hands on the tool called orasachemadoc which is written in Python and I want to check it out. True, I am coming from the "dark side", but I have no preconceptions and am not a "screaming fanatic". Let me introduce myself: http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_dbi_interface1.htm http://www.rampant-books.com/book_2005_2_php_oracle.htm http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/gogala-symfony.html Those articles are the only ones that are scripting related. There are some other articles about Oracle, of no interest for this group. I am 47 years old and I have learned many programming languages in my time. Learning Python doesn't seem like a huge task. Conquering my own preconceptions stemming from a very long use of other programming languages will not be a big problem, either. Hopefully, this explains who am I and what is my motivation for delving into Python. I share your fears of screaming fanatics, too. -- http://mgogala.freehostia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
