morning in Python

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"George Sakkis" <george.sakkis at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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On May 16, 11:58 am, "inhahe" <inh... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not an expert in this but what does it mean to emphasize state? It
> seems the opposite of that would be a) functional programming, and b)
> passing parameters instead of using global or relatively local variables.
> And maybe c) coroutines (generators as implemented in Python), although
> perhaps coroutines could be said to emphasize state inasmuch as they go 
> out
> of their way to capture, objectify and reuse it (Stackless' microthreads,
> even moreso). And Python seems to be well-noted for implementing some
> functional programming methodology, and as for passing parameters it's 
> just
> as object-oriented as the rest of them.
>
> But as I said, I'm not an expert, so let me know if I've gone astray..
>
> > I have a proposition to ask you all: Python emphasizes state. Is it
> > true?

Please don't feed the bots.

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I figured the question was interesting enough to warrant discussion whether 
it was a bot or not.  But i'm not an avid forum user, so maybe I'm wrong.

Also, if it's a bot I'm floored and the man who wrote it could probably 
solve cancer and world hunger with five lines of asm.