On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:24 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Alexander Etter wrote:
>
> Ah I know of what you mentioned. On an GNU Emacs mailing list I was
>> advised to avoid anything but plaintext. It just seems so archaic. But I'm
>> a novice and will learn why eventually.
>>
>
> There's a number
hello, my name is nick. i got python for software design by Allen B. Downey as
a gift for christmas. i am completely new to programming and i am having
trouble figuring out how to do an exercise concerning script..
my problem
5
x=5
x+1
im ok when it comes to using python so far. but it has a
On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 8:31 PM, wrote:
> hello, my name is nick. i got python for software design by Allen B.
> Downey as a gift for christmas. i am completely new to programming and i am
> having trouble figuring out how to do an exercise concerning script..
> my problem
> 5
> x=5
> x+1
> im ok
On 12/27/2011 8:36 PM, Hitesh Kumar wrote:
I really don't get it. What is lambda? I keep seeing it and I couldn't
understand anything online about it.
lambda
An anonymous inline function consisting of a single /expression/
<#term-expression> which is evaluated when the function is called.
> I really don't get it. What is lambda? I keep seeing it and I
> couldn't understand anything online about it.
It took me a while to get it too. It's for those rare times when you
want a throwaway function. Like you want to do something kind of
functioney without going to the trouble of wri
