Slices time complexity

[Gregory Ewing]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Chris, that is one of the best explanations for why "references equals
> pointers" is *not* a good explanation for Python's behaviour.

Many people here seem to have lost sight of the
fact that the word "pointer" existed in the English
language long before C, and even long before computers.

If I draw two boxes on a blackboard with an arrow
between them, I think it's perfectly reasonable to
call that arrow a pointer.

-- 
Greg