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Re:Functional Programming in Python [pdf] by pdonis on Friday July 24, 2015 @11:20PM (#9946417)
> I don't see why people use all of this special syntax.

(1) It's easier to read, particularly for people who don't always think in terms of functional programming.

(2) It's faster, particularly if you have to construct a lambda for the function in apply, map, or filter.

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