guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg wed apr 23 2008 156 pm nicholas wrote obvious use lcs replace map filter reduce one favorite functions time1901248 reducelambda b a1 a1b mathfloora1b time 60 60 24 28 70 00 220 secs mins hrs days recommend learning use good old forloop example cryptic also inefficient due calling function iteration guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 171538 0700 python3000 use place reduce