Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!border1.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!uio.no!nntp.uib.no!svn.schaathun.net!not-for-mail From: Hans Georg Schaathun Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: What other languages use the same data model as Python? Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 22:10:52 +0100 Organization: University of Bergen Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <4dbd1dbf$0$29991$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <4dc01d4a$0$29991$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vannskorpion.bccs.uib.no X-Trace: toralf.uib.no 1304456425 39183 129.177.20.20 (3 May 2011 21:00:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@uib.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 May 2011 21:00:25 GMT User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) X-Original-Bytes: 1168 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:4574 On 03 May 2011 15:20:42 GMT, Steven D'Aprano wrote: : You get credit for not falling into the trap of thinking there are only : two, call by reference and call by value, but there are *many* more than : just three. Wikipedia lists at least 13: Ah. Those 13 approaches aren't all mutually exclusive though. -- :-- Hans Georg