Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[David Eppstein]

In article <eppstein-434779.17173814102003 at news.service.uci.edu>,
 David Eppstein <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> wrote:

> > Isn't it true though that the lambda can only contain a single expression
> > and no statements?  That seems to limit closures somewhat.
> 
> It limits lambdas.  It doesn't limit named functions.  Unlike lisp, a 
> Python function definition can be nested within a function call, and the 
> inner function can access variables in the outer function's closure.

To clarify, by "unlike lisp" I meant only that defun doesn't nest (at 
least in the lisps I've programmed) -- of course you could use flet, or 
bind a variable to a lambda, or whatever.

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David Eppstein                      http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/
Univ. of California, Irvine, School of Information & Computer Science