The “does Python have variables?” debate

[Mark Lawrence]

On 09/05/2014 01:05, Ethan Furman wrote:
> 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
>
> --
> ~Ethan~

Please, please can the link directly above be regarded as the final, 
final say on this matter?  Thank you in anticipation.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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