On May 13, 12:13 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote: > As somebody else alredy pointed out, the lambda is supererogatory (to > say the least).
What a wonderful new word! I did not know what supererogatory meant, and hoped it had nothing to do with Eros :-) Answers.com gave me a meaning synonymous with superfluous, which I think is what was meant here, but Chambers gave a wonderful definition where they say it is from the RC Church practice of doing more devotions than are necessary so they can be 'banked' for distribution to others (I suspect, that in the past it may have been for a fee or a favour). Supererogatory, my word of the day. - Paddy P.S; http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/main?query=supererogatory+&title=21st -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
