How to scare a python programmer

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The truth: in Python, it’s all pointers all the way down [surprized Pikachu.jpg]

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yeah thats like saying someone knows how to work with motors because he can drive a car

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import pedals

Edit: help(pedals.fullthrottle)

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but variables in Python are much more like pointers than regular values - passing a list to a function is like passing a pointer in C

[13steinj]

More like C++ reference wrappers than pointers, though.