[Numpy-discussion] Data types in Numerical Python

[Andrew Dalke]

On Oct 12, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Anne Archibald wrote:
> Python is a dynamically-typed language (unlike C), so variables do not
> have type.

Another way to think of it for C people is that all variables
have the same type, which is "reference to Python object."
It's the objects which are typed, and not the variable.

				Andrew
				dalke@dalkescientific.com