Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Gregory Ewing Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Slices time complexity Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 12:31:37 +1200 Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <9ceklad15llnv3npejq9iuh91soci8aeqo@4ax.com> <7ea01590-a559-46e5-abf5-29622e39aae7@googlegroups.com> <555ac697$0$12910$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <862693ca-42cf-4f5b-ac12-133e43e7606b@googlegroups.com> <878uclf3bt.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <555af171$0$12995$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <874mn9ezaw.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <555b2fa9$0$12996$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 6N9yAv9YnVrA1+yEwCErnQNPFfAYovmaSfCYM4Uy3dKeQr2M5v Cancel-Lock: sha1:jIN3/ZtkP+PSf0dfmFiqCKsaDFs= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 (Macintosh/20050711) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <555b2fa9$0$12996$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:90903 Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Chris, that is one of the best explanations for why "references equals > pointers" is *not* a good explanation for Python's behaviour. Many people here seem to have lost sight of the fact that the word "pointer" existed in the English language long before C, and even long before computers. If I draw two boxes on a blackboard with an arrow between them, I think it's perfectly reasonable to call that arrow a pointer. -- Greg