functional programming

[Steve Holden]

Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> [functional programming stuff with Moshe Zadka, who signed off with:]
> 
> > disagreeing-with-Guido-and-the-timbot-is-scary-ly y'rs, Z.
> 
> it's-only-half-as-scary-if-you-think-we're-the-same-ly y'rs  - tim

Sorry, but I have to disagree: that's at least twice as scary.  The
Timbot might well have been programmed in Yorkshire.  If I ever
see it write anything beginning with "I remember when I were an Icon
generator ..." that will increase the scariness factor still further.

"You had tail optimization?  You were lucky ..."

regards
 Steve
--
"If computing ever stops being fun, I'll stop doing it"