Lambda syntax, etc

[bearophile]

hsyl20:
> In Scala :
> The first notation "_ % 2 == 0" has no boilerplate and Scala is statically typed (unlike Python).

There's a subtle line between "no boilerplate" and "magic (variables)", and the Python syntax is less magic there. So thanks but no thanks.
I like the type system of Scala, but not every other thing it currently contains.
And if you want static typing take a look at ShedSkin, or RPython.

Bye,
bearophile