Merge pull request #148 from GraemeBrown/patch-1

Update map_filter.rst
yasoob · Jun 6, 2017 · b65b49e · b65b49e
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@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ Reduce
 ^^^^^^^^^
 
 ``Reduce`` is a really useful function for performing some computation on 
-a list and returning the result. For example, if you wanted to compute 
-the product of a list of integers. 
+a list and returning the result. It applies a rolling computation to sequential 
+pairs of values in a list. For example, if you wanted to compute the product 
+of a list of integers. 
 
 So the normal way you might go about doing this task in python is using
 a basic for loop: