#!/usr/bin/python
#

# read all lines from a file into a list
x = open('/etc/passwd').readlines()
print x

# using map and lambda in Python like in Scheme
x = map ((lambda line: line[:-1]), open('/etc/passwd'))
print x

# using list comprehension  like in Haskell
x = [line[:-1] for line in open('/etc/passwd').readlines()]
print x

# [ line | line <- open('/etc/passwd', line[:-1]
x = [line[:-1] for line in open('/etc/passwd')]
print x