Improving the social infrastructure... - Improving the social infrastructure of Python: pydoc and distutils modules

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Some time ago if you were to ask an honest Python evangelist if Python was missing anything important that Perl, had, the answer would most likely have been "yes". It wasn't that Python lacked a breadth of module and package support...

Functional programming in Python - Functional programming in Python

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Although users usually think of Python as a procedural and object-oriented language, it actually contains everything you need for a completely functional approach to programming. This article discusses general concepts of functional programming, and

Functional programming in Python, Part 2 - Functional programming in Python, Part 2

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This article offers introduction to functional programming (FP) in Python. It introduces the learner to different programs on problem-solving. It demonstrates several intermediate and advanced FP concepts. This article also includes code snippets

Functional programming in Python, Part 3 - Functional programming in Python, Part 3

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The article is 3rd in the series on Functional Programming in Python series. Like in the previous articles it continues the discussion on FP by illustrating its additional capabilities, like currying and other higher-order functions contained in the