Re: A critic of Guido's blog on Python's lambda

2006-05-08 Thread Patrick May
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) writes: > ...an alleged reply to me, which in fact quotes (and responds to) > only to statements by Brian, without mentioning Brian... > > Mr May, it seems that you're badly confused regarding Usenet's > quoting conventions. It seems that someone pisses in yo

Re: A critic of Guido's blog on Python's lambda

2006-05-07 Thread Patrick May
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) writes: >> >> In my opinion (and that of several others), the best way for >> >> Python to grow in this regard would be to _lose_ lambda >> >> altogether, since named functions are preferable >> > >> > Why? I find the ability to create unnamed functions on th

Re: A critic of Guido's blog on Python's lambda

2006-05-07 Thread Patrick May
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) writes: > In my opinion (and that of several others), the best way for Python to > grow in this regard would be to _lose_ lambda altogether, since named > functions are preferable Why? I find the ability to create unnamed functions on the fly to be a signifi