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Sun Jun 19 02:49:56 CEST 2005 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-June/054344.html

Donovan Baarda wrote:
> As I see it, a lambda is an anonymous function. An anonymous function is 
> a function without a name.

And here we see why I'm such a fan of the term 'deferred expression' 
instead of 'anonymous function'.

Python's lambda expressions *are* the former, but they are 
emphatically *not* the latter.

Anyway, the AlternateLambdaSyntax Wiki page has a couple of relevant 
entries under 'real closures'.

Cheers,
Nick.

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