[HelloBeautiful]

>> Aim for C-style abstractions in Python.

Worst programming advice ever IMHO. As Sir Isaac Newton used to say: "If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants." If you think and program in simple abstractions, you'll be unable to solve complex problems.

[fleitz]

Newton is a great choice to use in the example as he invented calculus which is an incredible abstraction. I tend to look at the lambda calculus in the same way. Yes, calculus is more complex than algebra but once you understand it you can solve much more challenging problems because of the abstraction inherent in the notation.