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Discussion on: How Python Sees Variables

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Replies for: In Java, null is just a value which a variable can have. It means that the variable refers to nothing, but still space is consumed for the "referen...

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Alain Van Hout •

Yes, primitives are different, but quite a lot in Java is also 'just an object'. That primitives are different is also apparent in the fact that they can't be null.