The thirdarticle in thisseries, " Exploring the Pythontypehierarchy, Introducing Strings," introduces the Python string, whichis alsoanimmutablesequence, butonlyforcharacterdata.
After dumping out his toolbox in the time it takes most singer-songwriters to make sure the microphone is on, Bathgate spends the rest of "Serpentine" fiddling with his toys, introducingstrings and yet more sad piano sounds as he goes along.