[Tutor] apply() vs. the extended call syntax

[Peter Otten]

Albert-Jan Roskam wrote:

> Is there a reason why the apply function is deprecated/gone, but map()
> isn't? Aren't they both based on the lisp-style functional programming
> approach?

I don't remember the discussion, but personally I never (well, maybe once or 
twice) used apply while there are many instances of map/imap() in my code, 
even though these could be rewritten as list comprehensions or generator 
expressions. Perhaps there are core-devs in the same situation...

Had there been a great demand for apply() it could have been moved into 
functools (like reduce()).