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Gah, that's horrible reasoning :(

TraumaPony
– TraumaPony

2008-10-08 07:22:33 +00:00
Commented Oct 8, 2008 at 7:22
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Is it? Much of Python's philosophy is about writing code that is clear and obvious. A typical call to reduce() usually requires me to break out a pencil and graph what the function is being called with.

John Millikin
– John Millikin

2008-10-08 07:57:22 +00:00
Commented Oct 8, 2008 at 7:57
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Unless you can show me a significant performance increase (2x at least), I'll take "clear and obvious" over "compactness of expression" any day.

Kevin Little
– Kevin Little

2008-10-08 14:37:54 +00:00
Commented Oct 8, 2008 at 14:37

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