About the implementation of del in Python 3

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info>:

> On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 03:38 am, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
>> Notice that Scheme refers directory to conventional RAM:
>> 
>> Variables and objects such as pairs, vectors, and strings implicitly
>> denote locations
>
>
> That implies that it is impossible to implement Scheme:
>
> - using a programming language where variables and objects may move
> during their lifetime;
>
> - or using a computing device without conventional memory, e.g.
> implementing Scheme using hydraulics, DNA computing, clockwork, or
> emulated in the human brain.
>
> I think that's pretty crap. It might be justifiable to define a
> language like C to a specific hardware implementation, but
> higher-level languages like Scheme should be more abstract.

You are misunderstanding. Your implementation doesn't have to match the
abstract machine as long as it produces the same behavior.

They could be defining it using a Turing machine, but that doesn't mean
a Scheme runtime would necessarily need a mile-long paper tape.


Marko