Do any of you recommend Python as a first programming language?
Jeff Schwab
jeff at schwabcenter.com
Sat Mar 22 17:10:39 EDT 2008
Arnaud Delobelle wrote:
> Anyway, here the conclusion that I draw: learn lambda-calculus and
> Turing machines. The rest is syntactic sugar.
How is the lambda-calculus fundamentally different from Turing
machine-based implementations?
I've been learning a fair amount about functional programming recently,
mostly because compile-time C++ turns out to be a pure functional
programming language. Where should I go for a solid grounding in
lambda-calculus?
Also, despite reassurances to the contrary, I still get the impression
that there is a strong anti-lambda sentiment among the Python "in"
crowd. Is it just a question of the word "lambda," as opposed to
perceived cleaner syntax?
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=98196
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0290/#replacing-common-uses-of-lambda
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