Re: Accumulator

[Paul Prescod <address@hidden>]

John Clements wrote:
>...
> >
> >"reduce" may be the right thing for Lisp programmers but we have
> >concrete proof that it is not the right thing for Python programmers.
> 
> That's evidence, not a proof.

Fair enough.

>...
> 
> Also (without knowing a *thing* about python), the two "statements"
> are equivalent only if they are indeed both statements; can the "def"
> form appear anywhere a statement can?

Yes.

 Paul Prescod