Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!not-for-mail From: Chris Torek Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: What other languages use the same data model as Python? Date: 6 May 2011 19:06:27 GMT Organization: None of the Above Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <4dbd1dbf$0$29991$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p01b8f2ab822492f989caa642e8cec15f1d9b0cae97a7b3e4.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Originator: torek@elf.torek.net (Chris Torek) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:4849 In article I wrote, in part: >Like it or not, Python has similar "defined as undefined" grey >areas: one is not promised, for instance, whether the "is" operator >is always True for small integers that are equal (although it is >in CPython), nor when __del__ is called (if ever), and so on. As >with the Python-named-Monty, we have "rigidly defined areas of >doubt and uncertainty". These exist for good reasons: to allow >different implementations. Oops, attribution error: this comes from Douglas Adams rather than Monty Python. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Wind River Systems Salt Lake City, UT, USA (40°39.22'N, 111°50.29'W) +1 801 277 2603 email: gmail (figure it out) http://web.torek.net/torek/index.html