coconut

Check out Coconut (https://github.com/evhub/coconut), which implements an entire functional programming language as a Python superset that compiles to Python bytecode.

> to be part of the Python ecosystem I'd rather use Python if I'm in the Python ecosystem. So many attempts were made in the past to make a new language compatible with the Python ecosystem (look up hylang and coconu -- https://github.com/evhub/coconut). But at the end of the day, I'd come back to Python because if there's one thing I've learnt in recent years it's this: minimize dependencies at all costs.

Have you had a look at Coconut? I don't know if it'll push all your buttons but whenever I hear someone who's reasonably content with Python but wants more FP goodies I always think of it. https://github.com/evhub/coconut . It's basically a superset of Python3 that transpiles into Python3 and is compatible with MyPy. I don't think I'd code Python w/o it ever again assuming I had the choice. The biggest negative for me is that there's no IDE support for the language last I looked, though of course you can work with the transpiler output (plain Python) in your favorite Python IDE. It might be fun to play around with, I know that I really enjoyed it but then I got spoiled by the language+tooling of Scala3, but if you don't have that option ...

This is not a new idea. siuba (a dplyr-like Pandas alternative) is one project that does it, and it also has a "pipeline operator": https://github.com/machow/siuba (mtcars >> group_by(_.cyl) >> summarize(avg_hp = _.hp.mean()) ) (Edit: ok, it seems siuba doesn't have the "parameter fixing" thing.) Related: Coconut - a functional superset of Python - https://github.com/evhub/coconut range(10) |> map$(pow$(?, 2)) |> list There were others but I can't remember which now.

This is one of the biggest reasons I really like (the python superset) Coconut: https://github.com/evhub/coconut

no commits in 5 years, from reading the issues, this seems like a more maintained alternative https://github.com/evhub/coconut

There's Coconut (https://github.com/evhub/coconut), which is a functional extension of Python 3 that compiles to Python 2 or 3. The case studies here can show you the syntax: https://coconut.readthedocs.io/en/master/HELP.html And the site has a good summary of some of the features over vanilla Python: http://coconut-lang.org/

The code is available on Github: https://github.com/evhub/coconut

Here is where TCO is implemented in the Coconut compiler code: https://github.com/evhub/coconut/blob/07e311fb8f69861d30e58f...

There is a project I have contributed to that uses Open Collective for that: https://opencollective.com You can see how the bounties are labeled here: https://github.com/evhub/coconut/issues When you complete the PR for the issue, you then fill out a form with Open Collective and they transfer you the money.

Some people use protobufs to achieve a setup sorta like what you described. They work well if you have common REST objects but want to write microservices in multiple languages. Coconut (https://github.com/evhub/coconut) might be interesting to you too.