Re^2: Perl in programming contests and problem solving

[Anonymous Monk]

For instance, “Guido (Python ...) was heavily influenced by LISP.”

Surely you are misinformed, and spreading misinformation.

[marto]

Par for the course I'm afraid.

[LanX]

Thanks for the link, especially these comments get to the heart of it:

> I first learned about map through Perl. That's also where I learned

> about anonymous functions, although Perl doesn't use the word "lambda."

IIRC, Larry Wall expressly acknowledges Lisp's contribution for these features and others.

> They were added to Python just before the 1.0 release, as a contribution

> by someone other than Guido. He's noted for saying way back in 1994

> ] To be honest, I wish I hadn't introduced lambda, map, filter and

> ] reduce -- they support a style that is inconsistent with the rest of

> ] Python. ...

Priceless!