representing the object, which is provided implicitly by the call. As
in Smalltalk, classes themselves are objects, albeit in the wider
sense of the word: in Python, all data types are objects. This
-provides semantics for importing and renaming. But, just like in
-\Cpp{} or Modula-3, built-in types cannot be used as base classes for
+provides semantics for importing and renaming. Unlike
+\Cpp{} and Modula-3, built-in types can be used as base classes for
extension by the user. Also, like in \Cpp{} but unlike in Modula-3, most
built-in operators with special syntax (arithmetic operators,
subscripting etc.) can be redefined for class instances.