>If I ever _DO_ find a language that *DOES* mercilessly refactor in pursuit > of the ideal "only one obvious way", I may well jump ship, since my faith in > Python's adherence to this principle which I cherish so intensely has > been so badly broken ...
The phrase "only one obvious way..." is nearly the most absurd marketing bullshit I have ever heard; topped only by "it fits your brain". Why are so many clearly intelligent and apparently self-respecting hard-core software engineers repeating this kind of claptrap? It sounds more like a religious cult than a programming language community. If one of my students answered the question: "Why use X for Y?" with "X fits your brain." or "There's only one obvious way to do Y in X." I'd laugh out loud before failing them. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
