<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 12:04 AM Terry Reedy <<a href="mailto:tjreedy@udel.edu">tjreedy@udel.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 9/20/2016 11:51 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:<br><br>
... (The greater flexibility of lambda, pointed out by David Mertz, is another.)<br>
<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>I just wanted to point out that the greater flexibility of lambda is a very good reason *not* to choose it: more flexibility implies being harder to reason about. I recommend reading this article about "Principle of Least Power" <a href="http://www.lihaoyi.com/post/StrategicScalaStylePrincipleofLeastPower.html">http://www.lihaoyi.com/post/StrategicScalaStylePrincipleofLeastPower.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Elazar</div></div></div>