Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

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Raffael Cavallaro <raffaelcavallaro at junk.mail.me.not.mac.com> writes:

> I think it is the mark of functional cleverness that people's code is 
> filled with anonymous functions. These show you how the code is doing 
> what it does, not what it is doing.

Uh, I often use a lambda because I think it improves readability.

I could write

        (,) x . length . fst

but think 

        \(a,_) -> (x,lenght a)

is clearer, because it is *less* functionally clever.  Of course, it
could be written

        let pair_x_and_length_of_first (a,_) = (x,lenght a)
        in pair_x_and_length_of_first

but I don't think it improves things, and in fact reduces lucidity and
maintainability.  Naming is like comments, when the code is clear
enough, it should be minimized.  IMHO.

-kzm
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