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Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 11:31:56 +1000
Subject: Re: Pass variable by reference
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On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 4:11 AM, Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> wrote:
> And we must never forget that CPython's underpinnings, uhm C, uses
> variables, C ones...  (never mind)

Be careful of this one. It's utterly irrelevant to your point, and may
be distracting. I could implement Ook in Python; does that mean that
Ook has a socket library? Clearly not.

ChrisA