Newbie list question

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <13c69f60.0107130843.5cd7dc38 at posting.google.com>,
Matthew Alton <Matthew.Alton at Anheuser-Busch.COM> wrote:
>
>I am a UNIX/C programmer w/15y experience.  Forgive me if my neural
>pathways are all about following pointers.  The adjustment to
>Python-think is bumpy but I'll get by with a little help from my
>friends, eh?

Python becomes much easier to understand once you switch from
"variables" and "references" to "names" and "bindings".  A name in
Python is bound to an object.  Every time you execute the assignment
statement, the name gets re-bound.  All objects are global; names exist
in namespaces.
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