Re: [Python-ideas] lambda

[follow up from py3k.devel list] Neil Toronto wrote:
Since you mention Haskell below:
It's a little less terse than Haskell's "\->"
it's worth pointing out that Haskell uses the backslash syntax because it is the nearest ASCII equivalent to the (lower-case) letter lambda. For example, see http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/More_on_functions or the Google results for "haskell lambda backslash" (without the quotes). Malte

"Malte Helmert" <helmert@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote in message news:fsgi6i$dpv$1@ger.gmane.org... | > It's a little less terse than Haskell's "\->" | | it's worth pointing out that Haskell uses the backslash syntax because | it is the nearest ASCII equivalent to the (lower-case) letter lambda. With unicode source, we could use the real thing (ducks ;-).

"Malte Helmert" <helmert@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote in message news:fsgi6i$dpv$1@ger.gmane.org... | > It's a little less terse than Haskell's "\->" | | it's worth pointing out that Haskell uses the backslash syntax because | it is the nearest ASCII equivalent to the (lower-case) letter lambda. With unicode source, we could use the real thing (ducks ;-).
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