Is Python a functional programming language?

[Nobody]

On Tue, 11 May 2010 23:13:10 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

>> But the beauty is that Python is multi-paradigm ...
> 
> The trouble with “multi-paradigm” is that it offends the zealots on
> all sides.

Is that how you view people who like languages to exhibit a degree of
consistency? Some people would prefer to have a manageable set of rules
rather than having to remember the results of all of the possible
combinations of interactions between language features.