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From: David Robinow on 17 Jun 2010 09:47 On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Aahz <aahz(a)pythoncraft.com> wrote: > In article <mailman.1662.1276743037.32709.python-list(a)python.org>, > James Mills <prologic(a)shortcircuit.net.au> wrote: .... >>What in particular do you _not_ enjoy about using map/reduce (and >>possibly other functional features of the Python programing language) ? > > map() never felt particularly Pythonic, especially the way it works with > None as the function combined with multiple arguments. I can't explain > why I loathe reduce() -- it just doesn't fit my brain. FWIW, I don't know what reduce() does. Every time I see it I have to look it up. I think I understand map() but probably wouldn't use it (Note: I haven't actually written any code in a few years, being retired, or unemployed, or something) |