* alex23:
"Alf P. Steinbach" <al...@start.no> wrote:
Hm. While most everything I've seen at effbot.org has been clear and to the
point, that particular article reads like a ton of obfuscation.
Must. Resist. Ad hominem.
Python passes pointers by value, just as e.g. Java does.
There, it needed just 10 words or so. :-)
10 words _plus_ an understanding of Java.
No, one only needs an understanding of "pointer".
"Pointer" is a mostly language independent concept.
The reference to the Java language spec, where that term is used for this, was
just an unsuccessful attempt to keep out word-play arguments based on the
incompatibility of some incompatible meaning of "pointer"...
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf
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