How do I dynamically create functions without lambda?

[Alan Morgan]

In article <1ha3g79.1gcm6x1yziggyN%aleaxit at yahoo.com>,
Alex Martelli <aleaxit at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Alan Morgan <amorgan at xenon.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>   ...
>> Excessive cleverness can lead to unmaintainable code.  So can excessive
>> stupidity.
>
>+1 QOTW.

import blush

>> Since there are a lot more stupid people than clever people out there I
>> think the more likely scenario is having to maintain unmaintainable code
>> written by a complete idiot whose programming knowledge comes solely from
>> books whose titles end with "In 7 Days".
>
>Disagree -- far more people THINK they're clever, than really ARE
>clever.

No doubt about it, but I don't see how it contradicts my statement.

>According to a recent article in the Financial Times, over 40%
>of a typical financial firm's employees firmly believe they are among
>the 5% best employees of the firm -- and the situation, believe me, is
>no different in programming.

I wonder if python, which has a low barrier to entry due to its simple syntax
and general readability, might not have a worse time of this than other languages.

Alan
-- 
Defendit numerus