Re: reduce()--what is it good for? (was: Re: reduce() anomaly?)

From: Georgy Pruss (see_signature___at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/18/03 

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:06:27 GMT

"Steve Lamb" <grey@despair.dmiyu.org> wrote in message news:slrnbrio3f.s51.grey@dmiyu.org...
| <..>
| Because as much as it helps when reading the code to only have to learn a
| minimal set of controls the same applies to writing code as well. When I
| approach a problem I don't have to agonize over "well, should I do a
| do...until(), a for(;;), a while(), or something else?" It breaks down to
| this.

I can't agree here. I NEVER wondered which of constructions should I
use in any particular case. I just solved the problem and wrote its solution
in that language and the language HELPED me to express myself clearly.

| Is it a sequence? For. Is it a condition to be met? While. There,
| done, move along.

Aha. Half of all the conditions in real Python programs are 1 or True. :-)

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