> Thanks to all who replied. Always good to learn something new.
P.S. A reader posted a good comment with Scala as well as Python code for a
compose function (basically same functionality as fmap, or more - the compose
once, run many times thing). It's the 4th comment on my blog post.
- Vasud
On Saturday, October 6, 2012 5:01:40 AM UTC+5:30, Devin Jeanpierre wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
>
> > I realize that. My point is that the function *feels* more like a
>
> > variant of reduce than of map.
>
> >
>
> >> If it's meant as a complaint, it's a poor one.
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
> I realize that. My point is that the function *feels* more like a
> variant of reduce than of map.
>
>> If it's meant as a complaint, it's a poor one.
>
> It's not.
Fair enough all around. Sorry for misunderstanding.
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On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Devin Jeanpierre wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:19 PM, vasudevram wrote:
>>>
>>> http://jugad2.blogspot.in/2012/10/fmap-inverse-of-python-map-function.html
>>
>> Your fmap is a special case of reduce.
>
> So i
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:19 PM, vasudevram wrote:
>>
>> http://jugad2.blogspot.in/2012/10/fmap-inverse-of-python-map-function.html
>
> Your fmap is a special case of reduce.
So is map.
def map(f, seq):
return reduce(
lambda rseq, ne
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:19 PM, vasudevram wrote:
>>
>> http://jugad2.blogspot.in/2012/10/fmap-inverse-of-python-map-function.html
>
> Your fmap is a special case of reduce.
>
> def fmap(functions, argument):
> return reduce(lambda result, fu
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:19 PM, vasudevram wrote:
>
> http://jugad2.blogspot.in/2012/10/fmap-inverse-of-python-map-function.html
Your fmap is a special case of reduce.
def fmap(functions, argument):
return reduce(lambda result, func: func(result), functions, argument)
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