How to Teach Python "Variables"

[hdante]

On Nov 28, 2:12 pm, "Chris Mellon" <arka... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Right. Python variables are pointers, except for all the ways that
> they are different. By the same criteria, they are also puppies. Give
> it a rest.

 I'm sorry if your notion of pointer is incorrect. A pointer (or, more
formally, a reference) is an object that points to some value. A
python variable isn't different than that in any way.