Python was designed (was Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java)

[Roy Smith]

In article <52648c54$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>,
 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:

> According to 
> some, Java, which has many low-level machine primitive types, is an 
> object-oriented language, while Python, which has no machine primitives 
> and where every value is an object, is not. Explain that one, if you can.

That's easy to explain.  Python doesn't have private data, therefore it 
isn't OO.  Well, according to the Java-esque gospel, at any rate.

Whenever somebody tells you what OO means, ask him what part of the 
elephant he's touching.