Is Python a functional programming language?

Wed May 12 20:29:08 EDT 2010

In message <pan.2010.05.11.20.07.09.579000 at nowhere.com>, Nobody wrote:

> On Tue, 11 May 2010 23:13:10 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>>> But the beauty is that Python is multi-paradigm ...
>> 
>> The trouble with “multi-paradigm” is that it offends the zealots on
>> all sides.
> 
> Is that how you view people who like languages to exhibit a degree of
> consistency?

Interesting, I never knew “consistency” was a synonym for “faith”...

> Some people would prefer to have a manageable set of rules
> rather than having to remember the results of all of the possible
> combinations of interactions between language features.

What are you accusing Python of, exactly?