Guido van Rossum actually considered removing lambdas in Python 3. See https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=98196 https://www.artima.com/weblogs/v

Guido van Rossum actually considered removing lambdas in Python 3. See https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=98196 https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=98196 Though it didn't happen in the end: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/252162/298927 https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/252162/29892...