Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Neil Cerutti Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Using the Python Interpreter as a Reference Date: 28 Nov 2011 21:11:06 GMT Organization: Norwich University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <9jibnaFrjeU1@mid.individual.net> References: <79379487-0081-4067-92ed-c6717652e1ff@y7g2000vbe.googlegroups.com> <4eb0af60-26b3-45d5-8aff-566505003d6a@m10g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> <4ed2cddc$0$29988$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <9ji8okFs94U2@mid.individual.net> <9jiad5Fhr9U1@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net qnLbZ0FOUWI5KTt+Ic8p8Qm1z0pfNGNa+70FSTpSfvVAv3jUQ8 Cancel-Lock: sha1:rAcbWG/nfY/NKhxyVzRXNeifVFg= User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1/mm/ao (Win32) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:16356 On 2011-11-28, Gregory Ewing wrote: > Neil Cerutti wrote: >> I've always held with the "anti-functional style conspiracy" >> interpretation of Python's lambda expressions. They were added >> but grudgingingly, made weak on purpose to discourage their >> use. > > Seems to me that Python's lambdas are about as powerful as they > can be given the statement/expression distinction. No > conspiracy is needed, just an understandable desire on Guido's > part not to do violence to the overall syntactic style of the > language. It's true. Most conspiracy theories do fall apart once facts and clear thinking are applied. But we love them anyway. ;) -- Neil Cerutti