Python paradigms

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Robert W. Cunningham wrote:

> Oleg Broytmann wrote:
> > > python's "and" and "or" operators doesn't evaluate the
> > > second argument unless they really have to...
> >
> >    Yes, I missed that, sorry.
> 
> So, it works just fine, right?

   No. Code is intended not only to beeing run on processor, but also (and
often more important) to beeing read by human. Code is speech, it is the
way to interchange ideas.
   In that sense ugly code is not working even if you add three books of
comments. Code should be readable. Period.

Oleg.
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