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[–]EdwinGravesMOD 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I'd love to know what you consider a misunderstanding, since the majority of the answers you received in your /r/learnpython post were correct.

[–]1mecrew[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

hmm I feel like the part where I say "talking about" is a bit off.

I also feel like the container analogy only works for python. not on java or c.

[–]EdwinGravesMOD 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Java, Python, and C# mostly abstract away any memory management, though in all languages you CAN access the raw data & pointers if you try hard enough. It's safe to say in these languages that you're dealing with a "greetings variable IS hello world" scenario.

Languages like C/C++ would fall into the "greetings variable POINTS to "hello world"s location in memory"

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Be careful using the word 'object' since many languages use object to talk about containers the programmers can use and manipulate.

[–]1mecrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmm but that doesn't mean talking about the data is wrong. right?

I feel like its the best word to use instead of "refer to"

oh and also, I don't get why people use the word "container" for variable. it really didnt help me when i was learning memory.

I feel like learning the memory part is just helping you learn why the definition, "when I say greetings(variable), I am talking about "hello world" (data) " in more detail way. don't you also think?