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Python Doesn't Have Pointers

Austin Cepalia

Pointers and Objects in Python
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Why doesn’t Python have pointers? In this lesson, you’ll learn how pointers seem to go against the Zen of Python. Pointers encourage implicit changes rather than explicit ones, and they are often complex rather than simple.

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