[Python-Dev] map, filter, reduce, lambda

Andrew Koenig ark@research.att.com
Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:05:24 -0500 (EST)


Eric> Speaking for me...I would miss apply() and reduce() very little,
Eric> and filter() only somewhat -- but losing map() and lambda would
Eric> be *very* painful.

Losing lambda would be more painful than losing map, because you can
always write map yourself if you don't have it.