I'm intrigued that Python has some functional constructions in the language.
Would it be possible to more clearly separate the pure code (without side effects) from the impure code (that deals with state changes, I/O, etc.), so that the pure code could be compiled and have aggressive functional transformations applied to it for efficiency. That way, the syntax would be a lot easier to understand, than most functional languages, like Haskell. I gave a presentation at the beginning of last year on Haskell and at the end, someone's comment was, "I can see the benefits of functional programming but why does it have to be so cryptic." -- Regards, Casey -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
