Martin v. Löwis wrote:
I don't think he meant that Python is wrong somehow, but that the OO babble of what happens for 2+2 is wrong. The babble said that, when the code is executed, an __add__ message is sent to the 2 object, with another 2 object as the parameter. That statement is incorrect: no message is sent at all, but the result is available even before the program starts.
On the other hand, the inability to distinguish between "as if" and "hah, I've looked under the covers" isn't necessarily a good trait for a programmer. If he bases his mental model on concrete implementation details of a production quality software product, he's bound to end up with a cargo-cultish understanding of fundamental issues. If he uses it to win arguments, people will flip his bozo bit pretty quickly.
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