Re: map/filter/reduce/lambda opinions and background unscientific mini-survey
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Re: map/filter/reduce/lambda opinions and background unscientific mini-survey

From: Ron Adam <rrr@ronadam.com>
Date: Fri Jul 01 2005 - 22:36:29 CEST



Tom Anderson wrote:



> So, if you're a pythonista who loves map and lambda, and disagrees with 


> Guido, what's your background? Functional or not?



I find map too limiting, so won't miss it.  I'm +0 on removing lambda 


only because I'm unsure that there's always a better alternative.



So what would be a good example of a lambda that couldn't be replaced?



Cheers,


Ron



BTW...  I'm striving to be Pythonic. ;-)


Received on Thu Sep 29 16:42:01 2005