Mostly language design. Guido van Rossum doesn't appreciate FP and he really genuinely doesn't understand it. That's not to say he's dumb or not a nice guy or

Mostly language design. Guido van Rossum doesn't appreciate FP and he really genuinely doesn't understand it. That's not to say he's dumb or not a nice guy or anything. It's just not his area. And this is reflected in the language. His attitude of you have to be "really smart" to understand FP is a mistake. https://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/08/25/2115204/interviews-guido-van-rossum-answers-your-questions https://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/08/25/2115204/inter... https://blog.finxter.com/about-guidos-fate-of-reduce-in-python-3000/ https://blog.finxter.com/about-guidos-fate-of-reduce-in-pyth...