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0 pointsgiancarlostoro5mo ago0 comments

> The line from the zen of Python about how "there should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it" is something that people all too often forget.

The zen of Python should be the zen of all languages.

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BugsJustFindMe5mo ago

Yes, it should be. Sadly it's not even unambiguously the zen of Python these days.

dirtbag__dad5mo ago

Unfortunately in practice you see snowflake implementations left and right in python.

It’s still unclear to me if python is too expressive for its own good, or if it’s so widely used, that it’s impossible to avoid nonsense

giancarlostoroOP5mo ago

I assume like 70% of Python developers do not even know the Zen of Python, let alone PEP-8. It's likely the size.

fullstop5mo ago

Yes, one way to do it. Sync or async!

giancarlostoroOP5mo ago

All I'm hearing is that Erlang is the true Zen.

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0 pointsgiancarlostoro5mo ago0 comments

> The line from the zen of Python about how "there should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it" is something that people all too often forget.

The zen of Python should be the zen of all languages.

0 comments

BugsJustFindMe5mo ago

Yes, it should be. Sadly it's not even unambiguously the zen of Python these days.

dirtbag__dad5mo ago

Unfortunately in practice you see snowflake implementations left and right in python.

It’s still unclear to me if python is too expressive for its own good, or if it’s so widely used, that it’s impossible to avoid nonsense

giancarlostoroOP5mo ago

I assume like 70% of Python developers do not even know the Zen of Python, let alone PEP-8. It's likely the size.

fullstop5mo ago

Yes, one way to do it. Sync or async!

giancarlostoroOP5mo ago

All I'm hearing is that Erlang is the true Zen.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse