> This metaphor may be good for references, but not for Python. You are > left with the intuition that you can look at the mug and enumerate the > handles. Maybe a an object is a living thing with lasers shining on it > (referring to it), that may shrivel up and die if it gets no light. > > -- Scott David Daniels
Good caveat. I could keep the "mug with many handles" metaphor, but then explain only the Garbage Collector really knows when it's time for a mug to meet its maker (i.e. return its piece of Memory to that great Heap in the Sky). Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
