map, filter, and reduce I can do without; losing lambda, however, would not be fun.
Do yourself a favor and don't read the discussion about anonymous blocks going on on python-dev right now. :/
So what is wrong with your favorite language?
- (JayMehaffey)
- (22)
- April 22, 2005, 09:54:38 AM EDT
The ones I get to code in? Or the ones I'd actully want to?
-NT
- (Arkadiy)
- (5)
- April 22, 2005, 11:02:37 AM EDT
You pick
-NT
- (tuberculosis)
- (4)
- April 22, 2005, 11:17:14 AM EDT
Well then, I'd nominate Smalltalk
- (Arkadiy)
- (3)
- April 22, 2005, 11:38:46 AM EDT
Side note on Unit Testing
- (JimWeirich)
- (2)
- April 22, 2005, 01:05:21 PM EDT
Ditto, but s/Ruby/Python
- (admin)
- April 22, 2005, 01:14:44 PM EDT
I write more in Smalltalk
- (tuberculosis)
- April 22, 2005, 02:06:18 PM EDT
I think that context is a horrible idea in Perl
- (ben_tilly)
- April 22, 2005, 11:18:48 AM EDT
I suspect many of my opinions are well known
- (tuberculosis)
- April 22, 2005, 11:32:23 AM EDT
Way too early for my candidate
- (ChrisR)
- April 22, 2005, 11:56:11 AM EDT
Positional, limited variable names and booleans
- (imric)
- (2)
- April 22, 2005, 12:02:59 PM EDT
Agreed
- (SpiceWare)
- April 22, 2005, 01:50:42 PM EDT
OK, explain the cycle to the ignorant masses here (new thread)
- (tuberculosis)
- April 22, 2005, 02:00:32 PM EDT
Python...
- (admin)
- (3)
- April 22, 2005, 01:39:05 PM EDT
Closures are being removed?
-NT
- (FuManChu)
- (2)
- April 22, 2005, 04:26:49 PM EDT
Lambdas, actually.
- (admin)
- (1)
- April 22, 2005, 04:30:55 PM EDT
Yes; that bites.
- (FuManChu)
- April 22, 2005, 04:30:20 PM EDT
I can empathise about PHP.
- (static)
- May 5, 2005, 03:20:23 AM EDT
Nested hash notation in Perl.
- (pwhysall)
- (4)
- May 5, 2005, 06:58:01 AM EDT
Naw.
- (broomberg)
- (3)
- May 5, 2005, 07:50:50 AM EDT
Ick.
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- May 5, 2005, 08:02:53 AM EDT
Compare to Ruby
- (ben_tilly)
- (1)
- May 5, 2005, 04:31:40 PM EDT
Which is pretty much the same as Python
- (admin)
- May 5, 2005, 05:48:27 PM EDT