Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info>: > On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:05:16 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> Python, BTW, is perfectly suitable for computer science. > > I don't think it is. Python is not a pure functional language, so it's > very difficult to prove anything about the code apart from running it.
Many classic CS ideas are expressed in terms of an Algol-like language. Nothing would prevent you from framing those ideas in a Python-like (pseudo)language. The question is mostly whether you prefer begin/end, braces or indentation. >> * combinatory birds in forests > > I don't believe that came from academia. If I've understood correctly, > that was from a non-academic book on applying the lambda calculus to > solve practical applications. It is academic because the author, Raymond Smullyan, was a professor of philosophy and, more importantly, my professor selected that as a textbook for us graduate students. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
