Trying to understand a little python

[John Thingstad]

On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 19:07:42 +1000, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at iinet.net.au>  
wrote:

> McCarty, Greg wrote:
>> Ok, I'm new to python, and I'm trying to come to grips with a few  
>> things.
>> Got
>> lots of years of experience with Java and asp/aspx, etc.  Trying to  
>> relate
>> Python's behavior to what I already know.
>
> You may find the following a useful overview of how class & instance  
> attributes work:
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-November/251782.html
>
> (Keep in mind that I'm only considering 'normal' attributes in that  
> message - it covers the behaviour in most cases, but not quite all. When  
> things stop behaving as you expect based on this description, the  
> relevant word is almost certainly "descriptors")
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>

www.norvig.com has some insightfull comparisons of Java, Lisp and Python

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