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

[Patrick May]

aleaxit at yahoo.com (Alex Martelli) writes:
> In my opinion (and that of several others), the best way for Python to
> grow in this regard would be to _lose_ lambda altogether, since named
> functions are preferable

     Why?  I find the ability to create unnamed functions on the fly
to be a significant benefit when coding in Common Lisp.

Regards,

Patrick

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