[ericmoritz]

Using generators in Python will get similar laziness in Python:

    from itertools import imap
    map(f, imap(g, imap(h, someList)))

I think Python 3's map built-in is a generator so you no longer have to use the itertools module.

Unfortunately we don't have . or currying in Python so no pointfree python :(.

    from itertools import ifilter
    # ugly python function with a "Maybe dict" return type
    def query(data, date):
        """Return the first dict where date is > x['date'] or None"""
        is_greater = lambda x: date > x['date']
        return next(
           ifilter(
               is_greater,
               data
           ),
           None
        )

[lmm]

Have you tried underscore.py? It's not quite pointfree but it's a step in that direction.