[Python-talk] Python meeting - next week! 7:00 PM Thursday 22 September, Manchester

[Fred]

On Thursday 15 September 2005 15:39, Python wrote:
> One correction to Bill's announcement:
> > Our guest speaker this month will be our own Lloyd Kvam, who knows
> > something about Functional Programming.
>
> It's probably more accurate to same that I am interested in Functional
> Programming.  I wish I *really* knew more about it.

Functional Programming is *mega cool*, which, of course, is not telling you 
much substantively beyond the fact I like it.

During the time I was doing Python development, I made heavy use of the 
lambda function and wish I had the same in other languages I program in.  I 
could accomplish in one or two lines with the lambda function what would 
normally take me 10-20 lines procedurally. 

-Fred