Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au>: > Right. So the box with an arrow coming out of it is a good metaphor for > pointers — *in languages that have pointers*, which Python does not. > > A box with an arrow coming out of it is a poor metaphor for Python's > references, since a Python reference doesn't contain anything accessible > to the programmer.
Lisp doesn't have pointers. However: <URL: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Cons-cells.svg> <URL: http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/lisp/cons/> <URL: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/331/fall11/notes/scheme/scheme2.ppt> Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
