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How does functools.reduce fold a sequence?

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Accumulating to one value.

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reduce repeatedly applies a two-argument function across the sequence, carrying an accumulator, to fold many values into one (sum, product, max, etc.).

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PYreduce vs the builtins that usually beat it
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