Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arnaud Delobelle wrote: > >> * you seem to disregard the fact that in 'programming language' there >> is the word 'language'. A language is a way to _communicate_ >> information, in the case of a programming language you communicate >> it to the computer but also to other human beings. > > It was Niklaus Wirth, I think who pointed out that programming languages are > not properly "languages" but are actually "notations". Like mathematics is > a notation. > > And mathematics, too, is a predominantly functional, not a procedural, > notation. Could that be why so many people are frightened of functional > constructs, like my code example and things like lambdas? Because they look > too much like mathematics?
That's not the impression I got from reading this thread. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
