A critic of Guido's blog on Python's lambda

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On Fri, 05 May 2006 17:26:26 -0700, Xah Lee wrote:
> Regarding the lambda in Python situation... conceivably you are right
> that Python lambda is perhaps at best left as it is crippled, or even
> eliminated. However, this is what i want: I want Python literatures,
> and also in Wikipedia, to cease and desist stating that Python supports
> functional programing. (this is not necessarily a bad publicity) And, I

What does lambda have to do with supporting or not supporting functional
programming?