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Cyclope

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Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cyclope (homonymie). Illustration d'un cyclope par Erasmus Francisci (1680). Les cyclopes forment une espèce de créatures fantastiques dans la mythologie grecque. Ce sont des monstres n'ayant qu'un œil au milieu du front. Les premiers Cyclopes sont ceux de la Théogonie d'Hésiode. Sommaire 1 Étymologie 2 Mythe 2.1 Cyclopes ouraniens 2.2 Cyclopes forgerons 2.3 Cyclopes bâtisseurs 2.4 Cyclopes pasteurs 3 Culte 4 Origines du mythe grec 4.1 Maladie congénitale 4.2 Crânes préhistoriques d'éléphants nains 4.3 Autres connexions possibles du mythe 5 Murs cyclopéens 6 Notes et références 7 Annexes 7.1 Sources 7.2 Bibliographie 7.3 Articles connexes Étymologie | « Cyclope » est un emprunt au latin Cyclops [ 1 ] , [ 2 ] , [ 3 ] , transcription [ 3 ] du grec κύκλωψ / kýklôps [ 1 ] , [ 2 ] , qui, au singulier, désigne Polyphème et, au pluriel,

Do Python lambda functions help in reducing the execution times?

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up vote 24 down vote favorite 1 It is understood that Python lambda functions help in creating anonymous functions. These can be used in other functions like map(), reduce(), filter() and key() in sorting functions. It can also be used to demonstrate and utilise lexical closures. What I would like to specifically know here is, do lambda functions have a specific advantage over regular functions in terms of their execution times, considering all the other factors to be unchanged ? As I am new to Python, I have tried to understand them by analogously comparing them with the inline functions of C++. Inline functions, as I understand from C++, are useful in saving time as they do not require the necessary "housekeeping tasks" concerned with context switching that occur during function calls and jumps. Do Python Lambda