With the functional composition and currification, you can get point free programming (variable-less definitions). Some people don't like it, I personally find it appealing (I like APL and such). To quote prof. Dan Grossman, lambda p: p[1] === lambda p: p.__getitem__(1) which he calls an `unnecessary wrapping` of itemgetter(1). Similar to `return true if <bool> else false` which most people would find redundant.