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Docs: replace an esoteric Von Neumann mention (#137598)

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* Docs: replace an esoteric Von Neumann mention

* oops, don't need to edit topics.py
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Ned Batchelder
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@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ Objects, values and types
single: data single: data
:dfn:`Objects` are Python's abstraction for data. All data in a Python program :dfn:`Objects` are Python's abstraction for data. All data in a Python program
is represented by objects or by relations between objects. (In a sense, and in is represented by objects or by relations between objects. Even code is
conformance to Von Neumann's model of a "stored program computer", code is also represented by objects.
represented by objects.)
.. index:: .. index::
pair: built-in function; id pair: built-in function; id
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ represented by objects.)
single: mutable object single: mutable object
single: immutable object single: immutable object
.. XXX it *is* now possible in some cases to change an object's
type, under certain controlled conditions
Every object has an identity, a type and a value. An object's *identity* never Every object has an identity, a type and a value. An object's *identity* never
changes once it has been created; you may think of it as the object's address in changes once it has been created; you may think of it as the object's address in
memory. The :keyword:`is` operator compares the identity of two objects; the memory. The :keyword:`is` operator compares the identity of two objects; the