On Apr 11, 10:08 am, Emmanuel Surleau <emmanuel.surl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Having written a few trivial scripts in Python, I'm curious as > to how you would sum up the Pythonic philosophy of development.
A couple of others have already mentioned the Zen of Python, available at the Python command prompt. I would agree with that, but also add the caveat that none of the principles expressed there are hard-and- fast rules. Hopefully that is clear from the quasi-contradictory nature of the principles, but inevitably there will be some people who complain that Python breaks this or that "rule" from the Zen. The fact is, it's impossible to satisfy every principle in every situation. To me, Python distinguishes itself for how well it balances all of them. "Compromise" is a word that comes up a lot when talking about the design of Python. To some, that has a negative connotation; to me, it's an inevitable consequence of being practical. John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
