On Jan 18, 2008, at 2:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> J. Peng>why perl call it array and python call it list?< > > Unfortunate naming, I'd say. Calling list a dynamic array is silly, > despite all the things you may say about abstract data types having > the correct methods, etc. I wouldn't call it unfortunate. The list semantics follow LISP's semantics far more closely than C's array semantics. I would hazard to guess that they are called lists because that is what every functional language calls them and this aspect of python was modeled after functional languages. tj Travis Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://softwaremaven.innerbrane.com/ You should read my blog; it is more interesting than my signiature. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
