Using the Python Interpreter as a Reference

[Neil Cerutti]

On 2011-11-28, Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Neil Cerutti wrote:
>> I've always held with the "anti-functional style conspiracy"
>> interpretation of Python's lambda expressions. They were added
>> but grudgingingly, made weak on purpose to discourage their
>> use.
>
> Seems to me that Python's lambdas are about as powerful as they
> can be given the statement/expression distinction. No
> conspiracy is needed, just an understandable desire on Guido's
> part not to do violence to the overall syntactic style of the
> language.

It's true. Most conspiracy theories do fall apart once facts and
clear thinking are applied. But we love them anyway. ;)

-- 
Neil Cerutti