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0 pointsduckerude7y ago0 comments

I didn't know about SETL, that's interesting.

https://docs.python.org/3/howto/functional.html#generator-ex... claims Python borrowed them from Haskell, but the ABC link seems more likely.

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zephyrfalcon7y ago

ABC didn't have list comprehensions though, in spite of being influenced by SETL.

As I recall, Python did get them from Haskell, which in turn got them from Miranda, which got them from KRC. Before that it gets fuzzy, but it's likely that SETL was eventually at the root of it.

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zephyrfalcon7y ago

ABC didn't have list comprehensions though, in spite of being influenced by SETL.

As I recall, Python did get them from Haskell, which in turn got them from Miranda, which got them from KRC. Before that it gets fuzzy, but it's likely that SETL was eventually at the root of it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse