[Baypiggies] lambda for newbies

[Benjamin Sergeant]

And as there was nothing about reduce in this tutorial it was perfect :)

On 5/11/07, Collin Winter <collinw at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/11/07, Dan Weeks <dan+baypiggies at danimal.org> wrote:
> > On 2007-05-11 01:03, Shannon -jj Behrens threw down some bits like this:
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > > I often hear Python newbies who are confused about lambda.  Let's
> > > start with some code:
> >
> > > These days, with list comprehensions, you can just write:
> >
> > While it's great that to teach about lambda and lisp-like programming
> > I think focusing on list comprehensions is well more worth while,
> > especially since they're more pythonic and the lisp-like lambda,
> > filter(), map(), and reduce() are slated for removal in Python 3000.
> > Of course there is code that exists that needs to be maintained now and
> > you've done a good job of explaining lambda for newbies so they can do
> > that.
>
> map() and filter() will stay; only reduce() is being removed.
>
> Collin Winter
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