On Jul 7, 8:06 pm, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > I have got very good results from teaching using > the analogy of “paper tags tied to physical objects” > to describe Python's references to values.
Ah, I like that! I think it's better than what I used in my post (which I composed and submitted before yours showed up in my reader). I am not formally a teacher, but I do try to help "nonprogrammers" learn Python from time to time, and this will be a good one to remember. John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
