PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG!

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On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:29:41 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Rick Johnson
> <rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, a "global" keyword that extends access ONLY as far as module
>> level scope -- hardly a *true* global.
> 
> I have yet to see any language that gives true globals. At very best,
> they're just process-wide! Honestly. How am I supposed to write code
> that accesses variables running on my New York server?
> 
> Now, of course, if I had a server on Mars, that would be completely
> different. They're only globals, after all.
> 
> ChrisA

+ networking computers on Mars is impossible (with TCP/IP at least)