Comment by smallerize
4 hours ago
Lambdas are intentionally kneecapped in python because Guido van Robson doesn't want to make a functional language. (As in "functional programming", not that it doesn't work.)
4 hours ago
Lambdas are intentionally kneecapped in python because Guido van Robson doesn't want to make a functional language. (As in "functional programming", not that it doesn't work.)
Guido van Rossum didn't oppose functional programming, but he wanted to keep the language (and the interpreter) simple.
"I didn't envision Python as a functional language" https://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/04/origins-of-pytho...
"I don't think it makes much sense to try to add "functional" primitives to Python, because the reason those primitives work well in functional languages don't apply to Python, and they make the code pretty unreadable for people who aren't used to functional languages (which means most programmers). I also don't think that the current crop of functional languages is ready for mainstream." https://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/08/25/2115204/inter...