The fate of reduce() in Python 3000
I can’t help but feel that Guido is being disingenuous with his argument about why reduce should be removed. I honestly don’t believe that he has to sit down and diagram something out to understand it, I think this is hyperbole.
But even if it’s true, is this a hard limitation on GVR’s (or anyone’s) brain or is it just for lack of practice? Functional programming confused me at first too, but then I learned it and I am a better programmer for it.
This is by far the ugliest side of Python. Maybe I’d be happier with the language if I just never talked to any Pythonistas and never read anything GVR wrote.
I work very hard to be a good programmer, and I want to be a good programmer. When I see people making excuses for not becoming better, it makes me frustrated.