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[Python-Dev] re: syntax - "Aren't tuples redundant?"

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Gordon McMillan <gmcm@hypernet.com>:
> (What astounds me is the number of functional programmers 
> who are sure that Python is modeled after a functional 
> language.)

Speaking as a functional programmer, it's always been quite clear to me 
that Python was *not* modeled after a functional language.  OTOH, it resembles
one sometimes because here are certain functional notions that *must*
be covered by any language with a sufficiently broad expressive range -- and
Guido was certainly trying for broad expressive range.
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