[Python-ideas] Partial operator (and 'third-party methods' and 'piping') [was Re: Function composition (was no subject)]

[Rustom Mody]

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Philipp A. <flying-sheep at web.de> wrote:

> ha, i love unicode operators (e.g. in scala), but i think guido said
> python will stay ASCII.
>

Or Julia
http://iaindunning.com/blog/julia-unicode.html

Also Fortress, Agda and the classic APL

Interestingly Haskell is one step ahead of Python in some areas and behind
in others
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GHCi, version 7.6.3: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done.
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Prelude> let (x₁, x₂) = (1, 2)
Prelude> (x₁, x₂)
(1,2)
Prelude>

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However wrt getting ligatures right python is ahead:
[Haskell]

Prelude> let flag = True
Prelude> flag

<interactive>:5:1: Not in scope: `flag'

[Equivalent of NameError]
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[Python3]

>>> flag = True
>>> flag
True
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