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It's not just Scheme; in Common Lisp and Haskell and every other language that supports lambda, lambda is a first-class construct that is used all the time. Pyt
by dreamcompiler 8y ago
It's not just Scheme; in Common Lisp and Haskell and every other language that supports lambda, lambda is a first-class construct that is used all the time. Python's lambda feels like a war veteran that had its legs blown off. Best policy is probably just to pretend it's not in the language.
- pdonis 8y ago> It's not just Scheme Agreed. I only mentioned Scheme specifically because Abelson did in what was quoted.