Functions are fundamental to code organization; they exist in all higher order programming languages. Generally, functional programming means using functions to the best effect for creating clean and ...

I would like to learn programming and picked up Learning Python by Lutz. I have a mild understanding of the syntax: using variables; creating classes, functions, and modules; and using for, while, ...

Syntax highlighting used to be trickier to implement. Not only does an editor need to understand the syntax of a language, it also has to deal with partial code as it’s edited. A naive approach might ...

Many Python fans have longed for the language to adopt functional programming features. Now they can get those features without having to switch to a new Python implementation. Coconut, a newly ...