Why functional Python matters

Dave Benjamin ramen at lackingtalent.com
Thu Apr 24 03:44:08 EDT 2003


In article <slrnbaf35b.ebi.ramen at lackingtalent.com>, Dave Benjamin wrote:
> Perhaps this is an over-generalization, but I think that nestability
> encourages readability. The nice thing about lambdas in Python are that they
> enforce this property.

Before I get completely blasted for this, I meant to say "reusability", not
"readability". I am aware of the effect that nesting can have on readability.
It's not necessarily a good thing. ;)

Ducking,
Dave




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