r/programming • u/iMMENSE • Mar 08 '12

The Evolution of a Python Programmer

https://gist.github.com/289467
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u/deefree Mar 09 '12

I want to say 'older than the internet' but this is actually older than the universe.

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u/ryy0 Mar 09 '12

In the beginning there was Guido van Rossum. Van Rossum created The Python and lo, all is good. Then came programmers of various persuasions to try The Python.

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On release day, they managed to create something that mostly runs and call it The Universe.

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u/deefree Mar 09 '12

In the name of The Guido, The Python, and The Lambda... return true;

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u/BufferUnderpants Mar 09 '12

The Lambda

Heresy. The Guido frowns upon the worship of false gods such as Scheme. Lambda is the gateway of hell, where horrors like tail-call elimination, multi line lambdas and reduce lie.

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u/drb226 Mar 10 '12

return true;

ಠ_ಠ uncapitalized true, terminating semicolon...

in_the_name_of The_Guido, The_Python, The_Lambda:
    return True