It's capable of functional programming, somewhat, but it is highly discouraged, from what I hear lambda, reduce, map and most other higher order functions will be deprecated in Python 3.
On 7/25/05, Hank Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Python is capable of functional programming that would make most APLers > happy: see David Mertz's articles at > http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-prog.html > and > http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-prog2.html, > although Ruby was there earlier with closures, according to Mertz. > > Hank > > > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of John Lam > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 12:21 PM > To: Discussion of IronPython; Discussion of IronPython > Subject: RE: [IronPython] Pondering Monad/MSH and IronPython > > > > On the other hand, it's useful to avoid context switches to get things done. > For example, we recently tossed NAnt out of our build/deploy environment and > replaced it with Ruby+Rake. In NAnt, the context switch from "scripting a > task" to "writing a task" was really severe - you had to pull out your > compiler to get something done. In Ruby+Rake, we now seemlessly migrate back > and forth between sending commands to the shell, to writing abstractions to > do certain things (like config our NLBS cluster) to writing descriptions > like "this target depends on these three other targets". > > I haven't had a chance to look at the MSH language yet - apparently > something is keeping my betaplace application from being accepted (or my > spam filter is eating the reply - not sure :)) but for those who have seen > it, can python or ruby-isms produce more or less the syntax? > > -John > http://www.iunknown.com > > _______________________________________________ > users-ironpython.com mailing list > users-ironpython.com@lists.ironpython.com > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > > > _______________________________________________ users-ironpython.com mailing list users-ironpython.com@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
