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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:34:19 +1000
Subject: Re: Variables vs names [was: Objects in Python]
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu> wrote:
> In Python--, any time you use a name, you have to prefix it with the
> word 'variable':
>   variable x = 4
>   print(variable x)

That gets really unwieldy. You should shorten it to a single symbol.
And your language could be called Python Hypertext Preprocessor.

ChrisA