Variables vs names [was: Objects in Python]

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Evan Driscoll <driscoll at cs.wisc.edu> wrote:
> In Python--, any time you use a name, you have to prefix it with the
> word 'variable':
>   variable x = 4
>   print(variable x)

That gets really unwieldy. You should shorten it to a single symbol.
And your language could be called Python Hypertext Preprocessor.

ChrisA