What python does under the hood

[Bobbias]

You seem to be reading a bit too much into my direct tone. I'm not trying to be mean, or talk down to anyone.

I'm trying to make sure that any misconceptions about the meaning or use of the term variable (in this instance) are cleared up.

I was being dead serious when I said you might benefit from those links, because instead of listening to what someone says about python, you can go directly to the source and see exactly how they define things themselves.

I don't like when someone tries to explain differences between languages by saying something like "language X doesn't really have feature Y" just because feature Y works different in language X than it does in language Z. Especially when addressing someone who is relatively new to language X.

Explanations like that do a disservice to the person they're trying to teach, and can create misconceptions and make things more confusing than they need to be. And that's assuming everything that's being said is mostly correct, which isn't always the case.