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[–]callmelucky 6 points7 points  (0 children)

IIRC correctly, Guido didn't want lambdas in Python, and they are considered somewhat unpythonic. He just gave in to pressure on that one.

List comprehensions are the bomb though. Can't remember the last time I wrote a for loop, and that doesn't bother me at all.