The “does Python have variables?” debate

[Ethan Furman]

Back when I was trying to learn the differences between Python's name-binding and C-like variables, a couple folks 
stepped up and provided great assistance.

This first email, while delving into details that are not accessible in Python, still helped a great deal:

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-February/526880.html


This next explained why the previous, while accurate from a CS standpoint, was not useful in Python as Python simply 
does not allow access to one of the layers, so trying to think about that layer when working with Python is not productive:

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-February/526909.html

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~Ethan~