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by bobbylarrybobby 1982 days ago
The lambda calculus is Turing complete, so in theory, Python’s lambdas should suffice...
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jolux 1982 days ago
Turing completeness is completely unrelated to whether or not anonymous functions are easy to use in Python.
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zelphirkalt 1982 days ago
Which of course says nothing about usability and readability.
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rustyminnow 1982 days ago
I mean... You're right. They suffice. They're just less friendly (i.e. useful) than lambdas in other languages.
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