Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[Terry Reedy]

<prunesquallor at comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I disagree.  This:
>
>   (map 'list (lambda (x) (+ x offset)) some-list)
>
> is clearer than this:
>
>   (flet ((add-offset (x) (+ x offset)))
>     (map 'list #'add-offset some-list))

I agree for this example (and for the Python equivalent).  But if the
function definition is several lines, then I prefer to have it defined
first so that the map remains a mind-bite-sized chunk.

TJR