I've published a framework for doing SQL-like programming in Pure Python -- no database required.

Here: https://github.com/slott56/functional-SQL. See the functional-SQL documentation.

This allows us to transform SQL:

SELECT n.name, v.c2
FROM names_table n, values_table v
WHERE n.code = v.c1

To pure Python:

Select(name …

I saw a confusing post on https://fosstodon.org.

I won't link to it, but I will quote it because it repeats some common misconceptions.

I have some iterator chain (in reality longer and more complex than this example).
And now in one or more steps, I need to add …

When I talk about functional programming in Python, folks like to look for place where functional programming isn't appropriate. They latch onto finite-state automata (FSA) because "state" of an automata doesn't seem to fit with stateless objects used in functional programming.

This is a false dichotomy.

It's emphatically false in …

See https://towardsdatascience.com/building-generator-pipelines-in-python-8931535792ff

I'm delighted by this article.

I was shown only the first, horrible, example. I think the idea was to push back on the idea of complex generators. I fumed.

Then I read the entire article.

Now I'm fuming at someone who posted the first example …

This is bonus content for the forthcoming Functional Python Programming 3rd edition book. It didn't make it into the book because -- well -- it was just too much of the wrong kind of detail.

See this "Tough TCO" document for some thoughts on Tail-Call Optimization that can be particularly difficult. This …

An interesting tweet. The roadmap has three sections. I'm not sure this is actually complete, or even grouped correctly. It is a very good list of topics.

https://twitter.com/prasoonpratham/status/1408435475426254849?s=11

"Here's a complete roadmap of topics to master Python."

The thread, however, seems no longer …

Yes, that's what the email said.

I was -- well -- shocked. Too shocked to be polite. Content Warning: much snark follows.

See "Additional, Related Content". It's one of the posts here: https://www.patreon.com/slott.

I think there's space for a Building Skills in Functional Python title next to the Building Skills in OO Design.

I've recorded two courses for LinkedIn Learning https://www.linkedin.com/learning/me

Let me emphasize that their production values take a lot of work. While I think I'm a pretty good live presenter, a few days in the recording booth with a producer, reveals all my weaknesses. so. um …

See this https://www.humblebundle.com

This is amazing to me.

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