Pythonistas like to claim having a multi-paradigm language and right in the next phrase they'll tell you that there shouldn't be more than one way to do it.

Perl for instance is far closer to LISP, lambdas (anonymous subs) are not restricted to one statement and Perl's my is provides a declaration like LISP's let lacking in Ruby, Python and to some extent even in JS.

I had the privilege to see a presentation of a Python module which was a port from Ruby, and it's almost ridiculous to see how they try to circumvent the limitations of their syntax to be able to reflect real lamdas ("code-blocks" in Ruby).

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

In reply to Re^3: Something to meditate on -- the need for a trendy perl? by LanX
in thread Something to meditate on -- the need for a trendy perl? by perl-diddler

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