Comments on: Functional Python http://scottmoonen.com/2005/06/09/functional-python/ Jesu, Juva Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:16:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: phil http://scottmoonen.com/2005/06/09/functional-python/#comment-407 phil Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:02:50 +0000 http://scottmoonen.com/?p=353#comment-407 "you might still prefer to break things into smaller pieces by defining all of your functions first and then using them by name. That’s ok! Functional programming isn’t for everyone." Functional programming is not the same as deeply nested maps, filters, and reduces. Variable definitions are perfectly OK in a functional programming style, and breaking things into really tiny bits is considered very good FP style nowadays. “you might still prefer to break things into smaller pieces by defining all of your functions first and then using them by name. That’s ok! Functional programming isn’t for everyone.”

Functional programming is not the same as deeply nested maps, filters, and reduces. Variable definitions are perfectly OK in a functional programming style, and breaking things into really tiny bits is considered very good FP style nowadays.

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