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

[jayessay]

Alexander Schmolck <a.schmolck at gmail.com> writes:

> Ken Tilton <kentilton at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Alexander Schmolck wrote:
> > > jayessay <nospam at foo.com> writes:
> > >
> > 
> > >>"Michele Simionato" <michele.simionato at gmail.com> writes:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>I was interested in a proof of concept, to show that Python can
> > >>>emulate Lisp special variables with no big effort.
> > >>
> > >>OK, but the sort of "proof of concept" given here is something you can
> > >> hack up in pretty much anything.
> > 
> > > Care to provide e.g. a java equivalent?
> > 
> > 
> > I think the point is that, with the variable actually being just a string and
> > with dedicated new explicit functions required as "accessors", well, you could
> > hack that up in any language with dictionaries. 
> 
> 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???

/Jon


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