Re: What is Python's answer to Perl 6?

From: Michael Hoffman (m.h.3.9.1.without.dots.at.cam.ac.uk_at_example.com)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:34:24 +0100

Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
> C. Functions that could be made attributes of lists/sequences
>
> max, min, len, enumerate, sum
>
> But that would require to implement them for all sequence types or
> implement a common basetype 'seq'.

And iterators? 

-- 
Michael Hoffman

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