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Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.]

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On 06/19/2013 11:48 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:51 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:
> 
>> The real power and expressivity of Python comes from embracing the
>> abstractions that Python provides to your advantage.  There's a certain
>> elegance and beauty that comes from such things, which I believe really
>> comes from the elegance and beauty of LISP, some of which manages to
>> shine forth in Python, despite its deficiencies.  When I first learned
>> Python, I was impressed that some of the elegance that I remember from
>> Scheme (how to use lists as a basic type for example) was there, but in
>> a form that appealed to me.
> 
> 
> Well said!

Glad you made sense of it... the bit about LISP and Scheme came out a
wee bit muddled.  In fact thinking about it, perhaps LISPers would say
about Python what a bible passage says about having the form of
Godliness but denying the power thereof!  For example, Python's lambda
functions, and Python's functional programming capabilities in general.
 But since the LISP never really got a form beyond S-expressions,
leaving us with lots of parenthesis everywhere, Python wins much as the
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy wins.

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Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-13 01:55 +0000
  Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 12:03 +1000
  Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+python@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 10:05 +0530
  Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 14:39 +1000
  Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-13 08:36 +0300
  Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-13 10:11 +0300
    Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Sibylle Koczian <nulla.epistola@web.de> - 2013-06-13 14:22 +0200
      Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-13 17:26 +0300
        Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-14 01:14 +0000
          Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Nick the Gr33k <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-14 11:03 +0300
            Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 18:23 +1000
            Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. "R. Michael Weylandt" <michael.weylandt@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 09:24 +0100
            Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-06-14 11:28 +0300
              Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Nick the Gr33k <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-14 11:41 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 18:50 +1000
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 10:03 +0100
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-06-14 12:21 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Nick the Gr33k <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-14 12:44 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-06-14 15:40 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Nick the Gr33k <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-14 16:07 +0300
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                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Nick the Gr33k <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-14 17:08 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-14 16:31 +0000
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Nick the Gr33k <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-14 19:56 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 03:18 +1000
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-06-14 21:17 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-14 22:27 -0700
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Nick the Gr33k <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-15 11:39 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-06-15 11:54 +0200
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Nick the Gr33k <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-15 16:07 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 09:53 -0600
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Nick the Gr33k <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-15 19:18 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 11:45 -0600
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 06:32 +0000
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                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 09:22 +0000
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Nick the Gr33k <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-16 12:59 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. "R. Michael Weylandt" <michael.weylandt@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 11:42 +0100
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                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. "R. Michael Weylandt" <michael.weylandt@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 13:04 +0100
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Ferrous Cranus <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-16 16:38 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. "R. Michael Weylandt" <michael.weylandt@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 19:50 +0100
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-16 11:52 +0100
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 10:51 +0000
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                Re: Compiling vs interpreting [was Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 08:26 +1000
                Re: Compiling vs interpreting [was Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-16 23:13 -0400
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-06-16 14:13 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Ferrous Cranus <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-16 16:47 +0300
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. "R. Michael Weylandt" <michael.weylandt@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 19:53 +0100
                Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed. Νίκος <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-17 08:17 +0300
                Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-17 06:51 +0000
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Simpleton <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-17 14:34 +0300
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 05:58 -0600
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Simpleton <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-17 18:50 +0300
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                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-18 09:05 +0000
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Νίκος <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-18 12:51 +0300
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-18 20:22 +1000
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-19 23:16 -0600
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-20 05:48 +0000
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-20 00:01 -0600
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                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-19 23:44 -0600
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                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Simpleton <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-17 18:55 +0300
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 12:26 -0400
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2013-06-17 09:23 -0700
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                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-18 00:41 +0000
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-17 21:06 -0400
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                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-18 06:04 +0000
                Re: Variables versus name bindings [Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-18 02:38 +0000
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