Michael Mabin wrote:
Careful. "import this" says:
"There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."
Note the use of "obvious". It's about the language getting out of the
way so you can focus on your real problem, not restricting what you can
do with it.
(I mean, seriously, if you find your job so mind-numbingly boring that
you need many ways to code trivial problems just to get some variation,
maybe it's time to look for a better position?)
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Ruby does have a little of the Perl spirit of 'There's More Than One Way
to Do It'. And you do need shift to Python's 'There's Only One Way To Do
It'.
to Do It'. And you do need shift to Python's 'There's Only One Way To Do
It'.
"There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."
Note the use of "obvious". It's about the language getting out of the
way so you can focus on your real problem, not restricting what you can
do with it.
(I mean, seriously, if you find your job so mind-numbingly boring that
you need many ways to code trivial problems just to get some variation,
maybe it's time to look for a better position?)
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