map/filter/reduce/lambda opinions and background unscientific mini-survey

Mike Meyer mwm at mired.org
Fri Jul 1 13:42:10 EDT 2005


"iK" <Ik at sdsfsfd.com> writes:

> Seems like he wants python programmers to solve their problems all in the 
> same way. While that is great for corporate slaves it is terrible for the 
> creative programmer.

No, he wants Python to be Pythonic. TMTOWTDI is not Pythonic.

> Python is quickly becoming the visual basic of the 21 century. If you want 
> to have fun while getting some work done you need to look elsewhere. It's a 
> shame... 

If you'd rather spend your time figuring out which of multiple ways to
do things is the best for the job at hand than producing code, there's
a language that makes TMTOWTDI a way of life.

  <mike
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