A question on modification of a list via a function invocation

[Chris Angelico]

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 1:36 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 00:20:25 +1000, Steve D'Aprano
> <steve+python at pearwood.info> declaimed the following:
>
>>(Of course this is silly. As all physicists know, there are no people, animals
>>or cars in the world, there are only quarks and electrons.)
>
>         Quarks and Leptons and Bosons (Oh, my!)
>
>
> {I tend to forget the bosons}

Once we get quantum computing as a regular and normal thing, we'll
have to redefine duck typing.

If it quarks like a duck...

ChrisA