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		pestaa on Aug 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Functional Programming with Python Because you need to track and update the temporary state. Maps and folds let you define your stepping algorithm separately.

kazagistar on Aug 5, 2013 [–]

In python? I wasn't aware that fold did anything other then iterate in order...

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