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What's a definition of "type" that beginners can understand?

I am teaching a large first-year progamming course in Python, and I am curious to know if anyone has any suggestions for a good definition of "type" that would be appropriate for students who haven't yet finished their first programming course.

By Toby Donaldson at 2004-10-23 04:52 | LtU Forum | 31 comments | other blogs | 18946 reads