why tar is strange

[Grant Griffin]

Edward S. Vinyard wrote:
> 
> On 23 May 2000, Martijn Faassen wrote:
> >I never used that. 'for' loops are generally more clean and more
> >extensible in Python. I only find myself using map() rarely, filter()
> >even more rarely, and reduce() hardly at all. Of course your mileage may
> >vary.
> 
> How are 'for' loops more extensible in Python?
> 
> Grant Griffin <g2 at seebelow.org> wrote:
> >> Besides map, Python has lots of built-in functions emboding concepts
> >> which aren't familiar to me as an experienced C/C++ programmer, for
> >> example:  map, reduce, lambda, filter, etc.
> 
> map, reduce, and filter have equivalents in the STL.
>

Well, as an experience C/C++ programmers, I've learned not to use the
STL. ;-)

(as-slow-as-them-darn-things-are,-you-might-as-well-just-use-a
   -good-high-level-scripting-language-<wink>)-ly y'rs,

=g2
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