[Gllug] C/C++ mentor

[Rich Walker]

"Pete Ryland" <pdr at pdr.cx> writes:

> On 28/11/06, TreeBoy <gllug at petethetree.co.uk> wrote:
>> I find Python's list comprehensions unnecessarily complex when a portable
>> construct such as a for loop will achieve the same thing.
>
> One unfortunate thing about python list comprehensions is that they
> are significantly faster than using nicely laid out loops, thus
> encouraging less comprehensible code.

They also suffer from being really obvious to mathematicians...

cheers, Rich.

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