Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.090 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.82; '*S*': 0.00; 'assignment': 0.07; 'immutable': 0.09; 'denote': 0.16; 'epub': 0.16; 'from:addr:hobson42': 0.16; 'from:name:ian': 0.16; 'iteration': 0.16; 'looping': 0.16; 'mutable': 0.16; 'preparing': 0.16; 'received:192.168.0.12': 0.16; 'reply-to:addr:hobson42': 0.16; 'typo': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'meant': 0.20; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'switched': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'function': 0.29; 'fixed': 0.29; 'statement': 0.30; 'reader': 0.33; 'table': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'functional': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'read': 0.60; 'expression': 0.60; 'ian': 0.60; 'world.': 0.61; 'tel:': 0.63; 'world': 0.66; 'subject:. ': 0.67; 'experience.': 0.67; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.67; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.71; 'reply- to:addr:gmail.com': 0.80; "'functional'": 0.84; 'about?': 0.84; 'ebooks': 0.84; 'kindle': 0.84; 'timeless': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LnonwISz18J+XLPxvxViqtrAFfE/DTkYH6CPxKqPxII=; b=zLxEpNGCTsvkHsoIsA+2Pjt4Sc8rhwqLONit009vXmQdVqj7wZrkqWnj/jepXkw6Yh 5hnyWFDq9uecf2Su9JtehTAYbNw1SruwVZKFUW4XeEreLLeeagxHQw/oNCPEKIFI/WpZ IbkxPtkq/enbMLWN1l19aYk/0JDkfH8UzSigKek+QT6wrmvkMvx/NtuY7ASxtAh23UND w7q9b7DcPAemUNIOmdGU9Kxr+e5/8cHmue0OEvp+dBdS8ohfdspz5gPvbbeN83//tdmR jXbTgYhLgK7IvrSvdYtRxBEYrM0uL8a4XS7yN28P206zAMsF2yFRQV4pN5Gk92gfG+rn trcQ== X-Received: by 10.194.87.163 with SMTP id az3mr1223706wjb.63.1394710722588; Thu, 13 Mar 2014 04:38:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:38:22 +0000 From: Ian User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Deep vs. shallow copy? References: <53206e6a$0$2886$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <53207d77$0$2886$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <5320e8c9$0$29994$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <0852919b-e5ac-42cc-b30f-f465a144e24e@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <0852919b-e5ac-42cc-b30f-f465a144e24e@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: hobson42@gmail.com List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1394710730 news.xs4all.nl 2860 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:44957 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:68326 On 13/03/2014 03:09, Rustom Mody wrote: > Call the action-world the 'imperative' world. > Call the value-world the 'functional' world ('declarative' would be > better but 'functional' is too entrenched). > > [Following table meant to be read with fixed (courier) font] > > | | Imperative | Functional | > | Language entity | Statement | Expression | > | Denote (and think with) | Action | Value | > | Abstracted into | Procedure | Function | > | Atoms are | Assignment | Constant/Variable | > | Data Structures | Mutable | Immutable | > | Loop primitive | Recursion | Iteration | > | World is | In time | Timeless (Platonic) | Small typo I think in that the looping Primitives are switched about? Regards Ian -- Ian Hobson 29 Manorfield Close, Northampton NN3 9SL, Tel: 01604 513875 Preparing eBooks for Kindle and ePub formats to give the best reader experience.