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Author rhettinger
Recipients Ramchandra Apte, docs@python, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, ned.deily, rhettinger, terry.reedy, tim.golden, tshepang
Date 2012-02-26.02:07:56
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FWIW, the shallow/deep terminology is not unique to Python and is commonly used in computer science.

In my experience teaching Python, the terms are somewhat self-descriptive and only become perplexing when someone over-explains them.

That said, a glossary entry is appropriate.
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2012-02-26 02:07:58rhettingersetrecipients: + rhettinger, terry.reedy, tim.golden, ned.deily, ezio.melotti, eric.araujo, docs@python, tshepang, Ramchandra Apte
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