Can a variable be considered the simplest of the data structures. I am tutoring some kids about basics of programming using python. Not an expert in computer sciences, but am a python enthusiast.
I wanted to know if it is correct to say a variable is a data structure, it has a name and a value. Put a stack of variables in a special data structure called a dictionary where the each name associates to a value. If in a data structure, one uses numbers starting from 0 to describe the name, it becomes a list and so forth.... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list