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

[Alexander Schmolck]

jayessay <nospam at foo.com> writes:

> > Great -- so can I see some code? Can't be that difficult, it takes about 10-15
> > lines in python (and less in scheme).
> 
> Do you actually need the code to understand this relatively simple concept???

Yes. I'd be genuinely curious to see how an implementation in Java, Pascal, C,
(or any other language that has little more than dictionaries) compares to
python and CL.

In my limited understanding I have trouble seeing how you'd do without either
unwind-protect/try-finally or reliable finalizers for starters.

'as