What other languages use the same data model as Python?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Wed, 04 May 2011 09:18:56 -0700, Devin Jeanpierre wrote:

> On May 4, 9:44 am, Hans Georg Schaathun <h... at schaathun.net> wrote:
>> :               The only twist is that you never get to dereference : 
>> pointers in Python, but you can in C. Not much of a twist if you ask : 
>> me, but then again, I've been thinking in thismodelfor years. Maybe : 
>> I'm brainwashed. :)
>>
>> You are.  You explain Python in terms of C.  That's useful when you
>> talk to other speakers of C.
>>
>> If you want to explain the language to a broader audience, you should
>> use terminology from the language's own level of abstraction.
> 
> No, I explained Python in terms of pointers/reference.

Python has no pointers or references unless you simulate them yourself 
using other data types.

They exist as implementation details of the Python virtual machine, which 
is at least two levels below that of Python code. The first is the byte 
code which runs in the virtual machine; the second is the code in the VM.



-- 
Steven