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There can't be a more democratized language than Python and in Python closures are defined literally using lambda keyword
by akkad33 2y ago
There can't be a more democratized language than Python and in Python closures are defined literally using lambda keyword
- IshKebab 2y agoI guarantee that 99% of Python programmers just think that's a weird way of saying an anonymous function. Hell I used lambda functions in C++ for years without knowing what lambda calculus is. And C++ doesn't even use `lambda`.
- akkad33 2y agoSure, but that also means this kind of syntax does not alienate people just because they don't know what lambda calculus is. And they will appreciate it even more when one day they get curious and look up why it is called a lambda