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Re:Reasons Python Sucks by arduinomancer on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @01:04PM (#18708837)
What is a namespace binding? Can you explain at a low level what that means?
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Re:Reasons Python Sucks by pdonis on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @05:38PM (#18711261)
Compare a variable assignment in C and Python.

In C:

  int i = 17;
Means "set aside one int's worth of storage and fill it with the bit pattern for the number 17".

In Python:

  i = 17
means "create an int object with the value 17 and bind it in the current namespace dictionary to the name i".
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