Ouch. No need to be condescending, Jon. When I write Python, I use classes and magic methods and all that jazz. Programming in a functional style in Python is o

Ouch. No need to be condescending, Jon. When I write Python, I use classes and magic methods and all that jazz. Programming in a functional style in Python is often verbose and brittle due to the duck-typing. I was under the impression we were talking about programming in general.