Quote by Mark Lutz

“We met the list comprehension briefly in Chapter 4. Syntactically, its syntax is derived from a construct in set theory notation that applies an operation…

— Mark Lutz

“Now when we use the function keyword this way — that is, within a statement, like an assignment statement — we call this a…

— Eric Freeman

“The letter is susceptible of operations which enables one to transform literal expressions and thus to paraphrase any statement into a number of equivalent…

— Tobias Dantzig

“It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.”

— Alan J. Perlis

“Simplicity may be simple, but like complexity it requires linguistic precision, and may therefore call for relatively obscure expressions at times.”

— John White

But pattern-matching doesn't equal comprehension.

— Peter Watts

The map is not the territory... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map...

— Alfred Korzybski

“Moreover, depending on your Python and code, list comprehensions might run much faster than manual for loop statements (often roughly twice as fast) because…

— Mark Lutz

If it is to be effective as a tool of thought, a notation must allow convenient expression not only of notions arising directly from…

— Kenneth E. Iverson

Lists simplify, clarify, edify.

— Tom Peters

Oh, terrific," Dan muttered. "Just what we need. Another code! Why can't people just say what they mean? Why can't they say THE MAP…

— Anonymous

“Patterns cannot be weighed or measured. Patterns must be mapped.”

— Fritjof Capra