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		RyanMcGreal on Sept 29, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zed finishes Learn Python The Hard Way Strange that they took out reduce() but not map() and filter(), which you can easily replicate with list comprehensions.

steveklabnik on Sept 29, 2010 [–]

Yeah. The argument is based on reduce not being clear and easy to understand, which is frustrating to those of us who actually find map/reduce/filter to be more clear, not less.

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