Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-09 Thread Carroll, Barry
Hello, John > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Fouhy > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:56 PM > To: Carroll, Barry > Cc: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas > > On

Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-07 Thread John Fouhy
On 08/11/06, Carroll, Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Correct indeed. But lambda functions ARE anonymous. > > "Python supports the creation of anonymous functions (i.e. > functions that are not bound to a name) at runtime, using > a construct called "lambda". >

Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-07 Thread Carroll, Barry
Hello again. > -Original Message- > Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:56:42 - > From: "Alan Gauld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas > To: tutor@python.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Ty

Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-07 Thread Carroll, Barry
> -Original Message- > Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:20:16 +0100 > From: Andreas Kostyrka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas > To: Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: tutor@python.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PR

Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-07 Thread Tim Johnson
* Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061107 08:27]: > Apropos of nothing at all... > > "Kent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > Carroll, Barry wrote: > >> ... consensus was that Python was much better than Ruby > > > > Sounds like you had a table full of Pythonistas. > > And Andreas, Danny a

Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-07 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
Am Dienstag, den 07.11.2006, 17:22 + schrieb Alan Gauld: > Apropos of nothing at all... > > "Kent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > Carroll, Barry wrote: > >> ... consensus was that Python was much better than Ruby > > > > Sounds like you had a table full of Pythonistas. > > And Andr

Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-07 Thread Alan Gauld
Apropos of nothing at all... "Kent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Carroll, Barry wrote: >> ... consensus was that Python was much better than Ruby > > Sounds like you had a table full of Pythonistas. And Andreas, Danny and I also argued for Ruby. And elsewhere Tim making a case for Rebo

Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-07 Thread johnf
On Tuesday 07 November 2006 03:20, Andreas Kostyrka wrote: > That's bullshit. Python and Ruby are quite comparable Gee Andreas tell us how you really feel! BTW I agree that Python and Ruby are very close. John ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org h

Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-07 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
Am Dienstag, den 07.11.2006, 09:56 + schrieb Alan Gauld: > "Carroll, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > Thank you for this post. I was in a discussion of Ruby vs. Python > > at > > lunch today. The consensus was that Python was much better than > > Ruby in > > all ways. That's bullshi

Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-07 Thread Kent Johnson
Carroll, Barry wrote: > Thank you for this post. I was in a discussion of Ruby vs. Python at > lunch today. The consensus was that Python was much better than Ruby in > all ways. Since I know very little about Ruby, I had nothing to add to > the conversation. Sounds like you had a table full

Re: [Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-07 Thread Alan Gauld
"Carroll, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Thank you for this post. I was in a discussion of Ruby vs. Python > at > lunch today. The consensus was that Python was much better than > Ruby in > all ways. That's a little hard on Ruby. There are many good features and several of them are arguab

[Tutor] Ruby Code Blocks vs. Python Lambdas

2006-11-06 Thread Carroll, Barry
Danny: > -Original Message- > Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 14:28:30 -0800 (PST) > From: Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Tutor] (OT) Flame wars > To: Chris Hengge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Tutor > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=f