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nostrademons on Sept 5, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Joe Stump: Why I switched from PHP to Python

Sometimes taking out features is more important than having them. Python fans usually like it because every feature is exceptionally well-thought-out, not because there are a lot of features.

jrockway on Sept 5, 2009 [–]

I have never heard anyone refer to Python's lambdas as "exceptionally well-thought-out" before.

Python, like any programming language, is not perfect. There's simply less to not be perfect.

jamongkad on Sept 6, 2009 | [–]

Agreed not everything in Python is well thought out. Lambdas and .join comes to mind.

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