On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 08:45:51PM +0100, Nobody wrote:
On Tue, 11 May 2010 00:24:22 +1200, Samuel Williams wrote:
Is Python a functional programming language?
Not in any meaningful sense of the term.
LOL
I heard that lambdas were limited to a single expression,
Yes. In a functional
In article mailman.223.1273942083.32709.python-l...@python.org,
travis+ml-pyt...@subspacefield.org wrote:
One very annoying thing in Python is the distinction between
statements and expressions.
One extremely valuable thing in Python is the distinction between
statements and expressions.
In
On 5/15/2010 12:42 PM, travis+ml-pyt...@subspacefield.org wrote:
One very annoying thing in Python is the distinction between
statements and expressions.
GvR regards it as a feature, claiming that research in the 1980s showed
that the syntactic heterogeneity aided comprehension. I believe
travis+ml-pyt...@subspacefield.org writes:
To be fair, it appears that Python's whitespace-sensitive syntax sort
of precludes the make a complex function on one line that is typical
of languages which don't have statement/expression distinctions, but
I'm not convinced it couldn't be solved,
On Tue, 11 May 2010 18:31:03 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:
is called an equation rather than an assignment. It declares x is
equal to 3, rather than directing x to be set to 3. If someplace else
in the program you say x = 4, that is an error, normally caught by
the compiler, since x cannot be
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Nobody nob...@nowhere.com wrote:
On Tue, 11 May 2010 18:31:03 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:
is called an equation rather than an assignment. It declares x is
equal to 3, rather than directing x to be set to 3. If someplace else
in the program you say x = 4, that
On Thu, 13 May 2010 12:29:08 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
Some people would prefer to have a manageable set of rules rather than
having to remember the results of all of the possible combinations of
interactions between language features.
What are you accusing Python of, exactly?
I'm
Paul Rubin:
I like learnyouahaskell.com if you want to get some exposure to Haskell,
probably the archetypal functional language these days. I've been
fooling with it on and off for the past couple years. I'm still not
convinced that it's that good a vehicle for practical general purpose
In message pan.2010.05.11.20.07.09.579...@nowhere.com, Nobody wrote:
On Tue, 11 May 2010 23:13:10 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
But the beauty is that Python is multi-paradigm ...
The trouble with “multi-paradigm” is that it offends the zealots on
all sides.
Is that how you view
Luis M. González luis...@gmail.com writes:
That doesn't mean python can compete with other purely functional
languages, but it's probably as functional as it can be for a more
conventional, multiparadigm language.
Ben Lippmeier made the interesting claim that one of the defining
In message 7xvdavd4bq@ruckus.brouhaha.com, Paul Rubin wrote:
Python is a pragmatic language from an imperative tradition ...
I thought the opposite of “functional” was “procedural”, not “imperative”.
The opposite to the latter is “declarative”. But (nearly) all procedural
languages also
In message mailman.2848.1273495992.23598.python-l...@python.org, Stefan
Behnel wrote:
But the beauty is that Python is multi-paradigm ...
The trouble with “multi-paradigm” is that it offends the zealots on all
sides. It’s like saying that, to effect a compromise among multiple
conflicting
Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 11.05.2010 13:13:
Stefan Behnel wrote:
But the beauty is that Python is multi-paradigm ...
The trouble with “multi-paradigm” is that it offends the zealots on all
sides. It’s like saying that, to effect a compromise among multiple
conflicting monotheistic religions, we
Lawrence D'Oliveiro l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand writes:
I thought the opposite of “functional” was “procedural”, not “imperative”.
The opposite to the latter is “declarative”. But (nearly) all procedural
languages also have declarative constructs, not just imperative ones
(certainly
On May 10, 8:18 pm, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:
saying that functional features
are tacked on understates the case. Consider how frequently people
reach for list comps and gen exps. Function dispatch through dicts is
the standard replacement for a switch statement. Lambda callbacks
On 5/11/2010 7:11 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
In message7xvdavd4bq@ruckus.brouhaha.com, Paul Rubin wrote:
Python is a pragmatic language from an imperative tradition ...
I thought the opposite of “functional” was “procedural”, not “imperative”.
The opposite to the latter is
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote:
On 5/11/2010 7:11 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
In message7xvdavd4bq@ruckus.brouhaha.com, Paul Rubin wrote:
Python is a pragmatic language from an imperative tradition ...
I thought the opposite of “functional” was
On 5/11/2010 3:25 PM, Chris Rebert wrote:
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Terry Reedytjre...@udel.edu wrote:
On 5/11/2010 7:11 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
In message7xvdavd4bq@ruckus.brouhaha.com, Paul Rubin wrote:
Python is a pragmatic language from an imperative tradition ...
I
On Tue, 11 May 2010 07:36:30 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:
Offhand I can't tell that imperative and procedural mean something
different. Both basically mean that the programmer specifies a series of
steps for the computer to carry out. Functional languages are mostly
declarative; for example, an
On 05/12/10 05:25, Chris Rebert wrote:
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote:
On 5/11/2010 7:11 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
In message7xvdavd4bq@ruckus.brouhaha.com, Paul Rubin wrote:
Python is a pragmatic language from an imperative tradition ...
I
On Tue, 11 May 2010 23:13:10 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
But the beauty is that Python is multi-paradigm ...
The trouble with “multi-paradigm” is that it offends the zealots on
all sides.
Is that how you view people who like languages to exhibit a degree of
consistency? Some people
Nobody nob...@nowhere.com writes:
is called an equation rather than an assignment. It declares x is
equal to 3, rather than directing x to be set to 3. If someplace else in
the program you say x = 4, that is an error, normally caught by the
compiler, since x cannot be equal to both 3 and 4.
Samuel Williams, 10.05.2010 14:24:
Is Python a functional programming language?
No. Python is a multi-paradigm language. But it does have functions (and
methods) as first-class objects.
Is this a paradigm that is well supported by both the language syntax
and the general programming APIs?
Samuel Williams a écrit :
Dear Friends,
Is Python a functional programming language?
Depends on your definition of functional programming language, but
well, not really. It's mostly an imperative, object-oriented (but not
pure-object) language. It has some restricted support for some
Samuel Williams space.ship.travel...@gmail.com writes:
Is Python a functional programming language?
It supports some aspects of functional programming but I wouldn't go as
far as to call it an FPL.
Is this a paradigm that is well supported by both the language syntax
and the general
In article 7xvdavd4bq@ruckus.brouhaha.com,
Paul Rubin no.em...@nospam.invalid wrote:
If your goal is to engage in functional programming, you're better off
using a language designed for that purpose. Python is a pragmatic
language from an imperative tradition, that has some functional
On Tue, 11 May 2010 00:24:22 +1200, Samuel Williams wrote:
Is Python a functional programming language?
Not in any meaningful sense of the term.
Is this a paradigm that is well supported by both the language syntax and
the general programming APIs?
No.
I heard that lambdas were limited to
On 10 mayo, 09:24, Samuel Williams space.ship.travel...@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear Friends,
Is Python a functional programming language?
Is this a paradigm that is well supported by both the language syntax and the
general programming APIs?
I heard that lambdas were limited to a single
Thanks to everyone for their great feedback, it is highly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Samuel
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