From what I understand, yes. I believe the point the author is trying to make however, is that Python allows you to think more about the structure/function of y

From what I understand, yes. I believe the point the author is trying to make however, is that Python allows you to think more about the structure/function of your code rather than worrying if a variable should be an integer, a float, or a double making it easier for new programmers to "jump in".