python-for-humans/1_context/0_philosophy.md

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Part I: Philosophy

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Dark Pasts

• Perl
• Java
• PHP
• ColdFusion
• Classic ASP

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The Zen of Python.

>>> import this

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Beautiful is better than ugly.

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Explicit is better than implicit.

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Readability counts.

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Although practicality beats purity.

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If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.

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Welcome to paradise.

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There should be one—and preferably only one—obvious way to do it.

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LIES!