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Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle

From Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle
Date 2011-07-12 21:58 -0400
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <roy-F79EF1.21584512072011@news.panix.com> (permalink)
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In article <4E1CF936.4050902@canterbury.ac.nz>,
 Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

> Xah Lee wrote:
> > they
> > don't provide even simple list manipulation functions such as union,
> > intersection, and the like. Not in perl, not in python, not in lisps.
> 
> Since 2.5 or so, Python has a built-in set type that
> provides these (which is arguably a better place for them
> than lists).

Set is the best addition to Python since string methods.

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Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2011-07-11 20:37 -0700
  Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle jvt <vincent.toups@gmail.com> - 2011-07-12 07:30 -0700
  Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-12 15:27 +0000
  Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle fortunatus <daniel.eliason@excite.com> - 2011-07-12 09:16 -0700
  Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle gene heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2011-07-12 14:23 -0400
  Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle Petter Gustad <newsmailcomp6@gustad.com> - 2011-07-12 21:02 +0200
    Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-07-12 19:44 +0000
      Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2011-07-13 00:51 +0200
      Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle William Clifford <wobh@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-13 17:53 -0700
    Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-12 19:52 +0000
  Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-07-13 13:47 +1200
    Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-07-12 21:58 -0400
  Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-13 00:39 -0400
    Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-07-12 22:10 -0700
  Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2011-07-13 11:29 +0300
    Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-13 10:34 -0400
      Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2011-07-13 18:25 +0300
    Re: Lisp refactoring puzzle Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-07-14 15:12 +1200

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