I would rate it as a great example of human ingenuity
Lalit
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Steven D'Aprano <
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> If you've ever wondered what lambda and reduce are good for, run this one-
> liner and wonder no more...
>
> (Be patient, it may take a fe
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:10 AM, Steven D'Aprano
wrote:
> If you've ever wondered what lambda and reduce are good for, run this one-
> liner and wonder no more...
>
> (Be patient, it may take a few seconds to return.)
I have a decent CPU so it's not too bad. And the precision produced is
notewort
On Jun 17, 5:10 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
> print((lambda f:((lambda p:p[0]+'.'+p[1:])(str((lambda Q:2*Q[0]*Q[0]//Q
> [3])((lambda F:(lambda S:f(lambda T,_:((T[0]+T[1])//2,S((T[0]*T[1])//
> F),2*T[2],(T[3]-(T[2]*(((T[0]+T[1])//2)**2-(S((T[0]*T[1])//F))**2))//F)),
> [0]*13,(F,(F*F)//S(2*F),2,F//
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Wolfgang Rohdewald
wrote:
> On Freitag 17 Juni 2011, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> run this one-
>> liner and wonder no more...
>
> looks like something dangerous to me. What does
> it do? rm -rf ?
The thread at the link discusses what it does in great detail.
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ht
On Freitag 17 Juni 2011, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> run this one-
> liner and wonder no more...
looks like something dangerous to me. What does
it do? rm -rf ?
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If you've ever wondered what lambda and reduce are good for, run this one-
liner and wonder no more...
(Be patient, it may take a few seconds to return.)
# Python 2 version:
print((lambda f:((lambda p:p[0]+'.'+p[1:])(str((lambda Q:2*Q[0]*Q[0]//Q
[3])((lambda F:(lambda S:f(lambda T,_:((T[0]+T[1])
