FIOC

What the fuck is actually that wrong with Python?
Sure, it's inelegant, but you can get shit done with it surprisingly fast. It's like the chainsaw of programming languages.

>>9
In Python everything is an object and that includes functions. In fact calling it a function would be wrong, Python programmers like to call them callables.
% python
Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr  9 2012, 20:52:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> def f(): pass
...
>>> f
<function f at 0x1004cccf8>
>>> type(f)
<type 'function'>
>>>