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richcollins on Aug 4, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Python vs Ruby, slightly more in-depth

He neglected to mention Python's lack of anonymous functions. (and no, lambda doesn't count given its restrictions).

didip on Aug 5, 2009 [–]

Functionality that I do not mention means that I don't have to use them often, both for work or personal projects.

I don't miss anonymous functions that much, yet, because I have inner function and list comprehension in Python.

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