Slices time complexity

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 May 2015 10:31 am, Gregory Ewing wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Many people here seem to have lost sight of the fact that the
> word "computer" existed in the English language long before ENIAC and
> Colossus, and even before Babbage's Difference Engine.

I have a laser printer. Its address is 192.168.0.119. I also have a
laser pointer; is it equal to 192.168.0.119?

Ahh, English. So rich with equivocations.

ChrisA