Jon Harrop wrote: > Xah Lee wrote: >> On Aug 12, 12:15 pm, Raymond Hettinger <pyt...@rcn.com> wrote: >>> * The reason for implementing the key= parameter had nothing to do >>> with limitations of Python's compiler. Instead, it was inspired by >>> the >>> decorate-sort-undecorate pattern. >> >> The decorate-sort-undecorate pattern is a compiler limitation, for >> most of today's langs. I'm not sure, but i think some of the fancy >> functional langs automatically detect such and optimize it away, to >> various degrees. > > You mean people use that pattern as a fast alternative in languages > where user-defined functions are very slow, like Python and > Mathematica? >
Do not give this "Xah Lee" idiot any attention. This asshole posts only self-serving nonsense, because he thinks it makes him sound important (when in reality, he is absolutely clueless). This idiot always cross posts to 5 or more different groups that have nothing to do with his attempts to impress people (which always fail). He's incredibly arrogant, yet incredibly clueless. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
