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Re:Python doesn't feel like a functional language (and Paul ... by ced on Monday April 02, 2007 @01:16PM (#8251)
What the author means, is that Python does not feel like Lisp. It's true, but it doesn't make Python any less able to support FP. I code strictly FP for my work (science does not have state), and Python suits me fine in that regard.
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Re:Python doesn't feel like a functional language (and Paul ... by mattculbreth on Monday April 02, 2007 @01:30PM (#8261)
I think if we had true multi-line anonymous functions we'd be in better shape. Better support for closures also I guess. Still learning Lisp as well as I knew it back in school so I'll have to decide later if macros would be a good thing to have in Python.
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