On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Arun SAG <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >lambda is not considered pythonic (by guido anyway) >> >> > According to paul graham most of the "modern" languages are created by > borrowing concepts from lisp.
This created some hype. I have decided to learn it in my free time, atleast to understand, what it is. > In his own words ( http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html) > >> If you look at these languages in order, Java, Perl, Python, you notice an >> interesting pattern. At least, you notice this pattern if you are a Lisp >> hacker. Each one is progressively more like Lisp. Python copies even >> features that many Lisp hackers consider to be mistakes. You could translate >> simple Lisp programs into Python line for line. It's 2002, and programming >> languages have almost caught up with 1958. >> >> > yes, lambda was borrowed from lisp and it is not pythonic. > > -- > Arun S.A.G > http://zer0c00l.in/ > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > -- Regards, Sathishkumar D _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
