Strange use of Lambda arrow
MRAB
python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Fri Jun 5 21:48:36 EDT 2020
On 2020-06-06 01:01, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 8:24 AM Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au> wrote:
>> The OP may be being confused by JavaScript, where they have "arrow
>> functions", which are what Python calls lambda: anonymous functions. It
>> uses an arrow in the syntax:
>>
>> (x,y) -> x+y
>>
>
> In JS, they're sometimes called "fat arrow" functions, because they
> are spelled "=>". Maybe there's some other language where they're
> spelled "->"?
>
I think it's Cameron who's confused. :-)
The OP said "Java". Java has "->"; JavaScript has "=>".
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