>>> first, *middle, last = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
>>> first
0
>>> middle
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
>>> last
9
>>> person = ["Philo", "van Kemenade", (5,4,1988), 'python', 'music', 'climbing', 'hiking']
>>> first, last, dateOfBirth, *hobbies = person
>>> hobbies
['python', 'music', 'climbing', 'hiking']