Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Xah Lee wrote: >> In a functional language, a function can be specified by its name and > > Are you sure you know what a "functional language" is? > >> parameter specs. For example: >> f(3) >> f(3, [9,2]) >> f("some string") > > This is not really "typical" syntax for a functional language. LISP, > for example, has the "function name" as an element of a list. (Some > might argue that LISP isn't exactly a functional language.)
And nobody really cares, since syntax doesn't make a functional language anyways ... Regards -- Markus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list