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Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming?

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Date 2014-02-16 18:04 +1100
Subject Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming?
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Devin Jeanpierre
<jeanpierreda@gmail.com> wrote:
> Otherwise you will likely be confused when you overhear functional
> programmers talking, whether it's about Hindley-Milner or sum types or
> eta conversion.

ETA conversion? I know what that is. That's when a programmer says
something'll take six months, and the marketing guys start selling it
for delivery in three.

*dives for cover*

ChrisA

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Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Sam <lightaiyee@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 20:45 -0800
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 16:34 +1100
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-16 16:42 +1100
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 22:38 -0800
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 18:04 +1100
    Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Pat Johnson <p.johnson125@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 00:00 -0800
      Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-16 13:20 +0000
      Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 00:28 +1100
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-16 03:40 -0500
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 05:52 -0800
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Ryan <rymg19@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 09:11 -0600
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-02-18 16:39 +0000

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