Python from Wise Guy's Viewpoint

[Brian McNamara!]

prunesquallor at comcast.net once said:
>Are they happy with something like this?
>
>(defun black-hole (x)
>  #'black-hole)
>
>(for non lispers, the funny #' is a namespace operator.
> The black-hole function gobbles an argument and returns
> the black-hole function.)

Finally, an example that I don't think you can type in Haskell.  
You score a point for that.  :)

If we have a static type system which admits infinite types, then we
can assign black-hole a type.  So it's still typeable, just not in any
common language I can name offhand.  :)

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