On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>wrote:
> >lambda is not considered pythonic (by guido anyway) > > According to paul graham most of the "modern" languages are created by borrowing concepts from lisp. In his own words ( http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html) > If you look at these languages in order, Java, Perl, Python, you notice an > interesting pattern. At least, you notice this pattern if you are a Lisp > hacker. Each one is progressively more like Lisp. Python copies even > features that many Lisp hackers consider to be mistakes. You could translate > simple Lisp programs into Python line for line. It's 2002, and programming > languages have almost caught up with 1958. > > yes, lambda was borrowed from lisp and it is not pythonic. -- Arun S.A.G http://zer0c00l.in/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
