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		gompertz on Dec 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A crash course in Python “comprehensions” and “gen... For those interested... Generators first appeared in Icon programming language in 1977. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon_%28programming_language... (ctrl+f Generators and Goal Directed evaluation) Incredible it has taken 40+ years for some languages to just catch up to the concept!

antod on Dec 10, 2022 [–]

40yrs? Python has had generators for approx 20yrs already. Unless you're talking about a different language.

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