What does "Sparse is better than dense" mean? (Python Zen)

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1026556647.18458.python-list at python.org>,
James J. Besemer <jb at cascade-sys.com> wrote:
>
>According to my Preferences settings, Netscape is supposed to wrap outgoing
>messages to 66 columns.  Like a lot of free software it doesn't always do the
>right thing.   Dunno where the 84 came from, probably the listmanager.
>
>On the plus side, Netscape wraps lines on incoming messages to my window width,
>which is great.  So I don't ever find myself in the position of complaining to
>others about what amounts to a limitation of my own tools.

<shrug>  One hopes you will be equally obliging when people ignore your
posts.
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