Re: Abstractions [was Re: Pass variable by reference]

2014-05-09 Thread Mark H Harris
On 5/9/14 7:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: {snip} at which point we're now talking about a concrete, physical description of the process, not an abstraction. There really is a bottom-most turtle that holds up all the rest.) hi Steven, heh... yup, there really is a bottom-most turtle (and who c

Abstractions [was Re: Pass variable by reference]

2014-05-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 09 May 2014 17:30:10 -0500, Mark H Harris wrote: > On 5/7/14 8:31 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 4:11 AM, Mark H Harris >> wrote: >>> And we must never forget that CPython's underpinnings, uhm C, uses >>> variables, C ones... (never mind) >> >> Be careful of this one