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[Gregory Ewing]

Stefan Ram wrote:
>   BASIC has
> 
> DEF FN...
> 
>   which /can/ define actual subroutines, limited to expressions.
> 
>   Now, what does this limitation remind me of?

The equivalent limitation in Python is nowhere near as bad,
since if you outgrow what lambda can do you can always
use a def instead. BASIC didn't have that option (unless
you were using one of the more advanced dialects, such
as BBC BASIC, which had a PROC statement).

-- 
Greg