Re: List of Functions

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From	Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi>
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Date	Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:51:00 +0300
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Ben Bacarisse writes:

> It's shame that anonymous functions (for that's what's being returned
> here -- a function with no name) were born of a subject that used
> arbitrary Greek letters for things.  We seem stuck with the mysterious
> but meaningless "lambda" for a very simple and useful idea.

Well said.

Python should have called it "fun".

I have heard that the use of lambda for this purpose was originally not
an arbitrary choice but a typographical accident. A misinterpreted caret
or something. I also seem to remember that I've seen some discussion on
whether the story is true or not, but I forget which way it went.

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List of Functions Richard Riehle <rriehle@itu.edu> - 2016-03-27 12:38 -0700
  Re: List of Functions Erik <python@lucidity.plus.com> - 2016-03-28 00:10 +0100
  Re: List of Functions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-03-28 01:19 +0100
    Re: List of Functions Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-03-28 10:51 +0300
      Re: List of Functions Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-28 11:58 +0300
        Re: List of Functions Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2016-03-28 12:39 +0000
          Re: List of Functions Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-28 16:40 +0300
            Re: List of Functions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-29 08:40 +1100
              Re: List of Functions Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-29 09:52 +1100
                Re: List of Functions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-29 10:40 +1100
                Re: List of Functions Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-29 07:49 +0300
              Re: List of Functions Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-29 07:45 +0300
                Re: List of Functions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-29 16:00 +1100
      Re: List of Functions Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-29 10:40 +1100
        Re: List of Functions Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-03-28 19:50 -0400
        Re: List of Functions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-29 10:54 +1100
        Re: List of Functions Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-28 19:23 -0700
        Re: List of Functions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-03-29 03:45 +0100
          Re: List of Functions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-29 14:33 +1100
          Re: List of Functions Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-28 23:21 -0700
            Re: List of Functions Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-29 09:50 +0300
            Re: List of Functions Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2016-03-29 08:52 +0200

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