anything like C++ references?

[Stephen Horne]

On 17 Jul 2003 03:54:58 +0200, Heiko Wundram <heikowu at ceosg.de> wrote:

>On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 22:02, Stephen Horne wrote:
>> The pointer thing was raised in the context of a larger discussion. It
>> *would* be necessary if another change was made (don't worry, it won't
>> happen).
>
>I know the broader discussion context, but if changes like those (e.g.
>copy on write) were to happen at some further point in time, that would
>definitely be the moment for me to stop using Python, and switch to
>Ruby.

I already said a long time ago that these weren't serious suggestions
for Python. I used words something like "python wouldn't be python any
more" and "in an alternative universe, maybe".