Let's Talk About Lambda Functions!

[JB]

Tim Peters wrote:

> [...]
> two language features are mentioned as being "failed
> experiments" that only compatibility prevents throwing
> away:
> 
>     `back ticks`
>     lambda

(1) Why are back ticks a failure? I love them.
(2) I just wanted to submit a PEP in which I should have
    proposed to switch to prefix notation like CL. To
    judge from what you wrote, Mr Guido would not love
    this proposal too much either?

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JB


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