merits of Lisp vs Python

[Jon Harrop]

Paul Rubin wrote:
>> That is a deficiency of Python that doesn't exist in modern FPLs like
>> OCaml, SML, Haskell, F#...
> 
> Nothing stops you from re-using the same internal function name in
> your Python code, like you might use "i" as a throwaway loop index in
> several places in the same function.  It's just like in Scheme...

It is not "just like in Scheme" if you don't have anonymous functions in
Python.

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Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy
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