Functionalism (was: Language wrappers)

Cameron Laird claird at starbase.neosoft.com
Mon Sep 25 10:13:59 EDT 2000


In article <8qi3q4$i0v$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,
Jordi Inglada  <jordi.inglada at ieee.org> wrote:
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>Another question. What are Python capabilities for implementing
>functional programming (a la Lisp, Scheme, Haskell, ...). Can anybody
>give me a pointer to such a comparison?
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Someone can.  I'm sure they've been written.  Functionalism
is a very frequent topic in Pythonic circles, and many of
the discussants have deep understanding of the issues.  For
the highest-level summary, see 
<URL:http://deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/viewthread.xp?AN=655749160>.
Discussion on the topic of "list comprehensions" is also 
revealing.
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