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DeclarativeFunctional vs. imperative style in Python

Date: Feb. 26, 2010 | Modified: April 30, 2011 | Tags: python, wide | 14 Comments

Which is better for Python? An imperative / procedural style or a ~~declarative /~~ functional style? Why? I put some examples I've encountered below.

Update 2010-04-10: As dan and pete pointed out, the examples below are not declarative, so I replaced declarative with functional. I've also added a better method for example 1 suggested by deno.

Imperative	~~Declarative~~Functional
Example 1 ...

My software tools list

Date: Aug. 10, 2007 | Modified: May 28, 2010 | Tags: android, c_cplusplus, colinux, conkeror, cygwin, django, eclipse, emacs, git, hardware, keyboard, linux, mercurial, preferences, python, softwaretools, subversion, ubuntu, urxvt, wide, wmii | 6 Comments

Inspired by Mark Pilgrim's 2006 Essentials list, below is a list of my current software tools. If you notice a lot of "I switched from ..." statements, keep in mind that I am a programmer who likes shiny things.