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@freemo @mdk it hardly makes theoretical difference.

But the ergonomics and the communication are very different.

Ergonomics: Many other methods in python act 'on the thing' (str.capitalize() etc). So it's inconsistent.
Chaining isn't possible: thelist.map().filter().sort().reduce() vs reduce(sort(filter(map(thelist))). Gets worse with multiline lambdas.

Comms: custom classes can have iterator methods implemented (ie a custom .sort()) But they cannot introduce global methods.