Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And why is that superior to this: > > def avg(l): > return float(sum(l))/len(l) > > >>>avg([1,2,3,4]) > 2.5
Apart from being less to type and it is superior in that it's generalizes much better, e.g: avg&.^. NB. geomtric mean avg&.% NB. harmonic mean avg M NB. column mean of matrix M avg"1 M NB. row mean of matrix M 'as -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
