When I’m teaching (a very high-level language), I make a point of saying that a variable is a named memory location. Where is that location? We don’t know. N

When I’m teaching (a very high-level language), I make a point of saying that a variable is a named memory location. Where is that location? We don’t know. Now, I am absolutely aware that the address isn’t the “real” location, but I have this idea that talking about variables in this way might help them grok the lower-level concept later on.