[ubernostrum]

If it really is OO

Python is a multi-paradigm language in the sense that it does not explicitly force the programmer to write all code in a particular way. So, for example, Python does not forbid the existence of standalone functions, or the execution of functions without looking them up through a class of which they happen to be a member.

But given that it is inescapably true that every function call in Python is translated to a call of a method of an object, it's hard to argue that it isn't "really" OO.