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Re:Pythran: Crossing the Python Frontier [pdf] by moolcool on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @09:24AM (#16912316)
Python has good support for a lot of functional concepts
Re:Pythran: Crossing the Python Frontier [pdf] by UncleEntity on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @11:48AM (#16913613)
Except tail-call optimization which the BDFL refuses to consider since it would break "there should be one -- and preferably only one -- obvious way to do it" regarding loops.
Re:Pythran: Crossing the Python Frontier [pdf] by eigenspace on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @02:48PM (#16915455)
Julia has much better support for functional programming.