> Speaking as a programmer of 60 years experience, lambdas give me the
> willies - and I started with Jensen's Device in Algol60 when Algol60
> was new.
>
> Yes, lambdas are neat, but IMO they tend to be unreadable and
> unmaintainable. If you like them, use them; but do not make them a
> requirement, particularly for those who are not programmers.
Well, lambdas are an *essential* feature of Scheme and unavoidable if
you want to do deeper modifications in LilyPond. In other words, they
*are* a requirement in some circumstances and can't be avoided.
Additionally, if you look at the examples Tina gave you can see that
the lambda function is present with and without the suggested changes,
so you are actually barking the wrong tree.
Werner
