Python's simplicity philosophy

[BW Glitch]

Alex Martelli wrote:

> BW Glitch wrote:
>    ...
> 
>>It wasn't obvious for me until later. reduce() is more likely to be used
>>for optimization. IIRC, some said that optimization is the root of all
>>evil.
> 
> 
> That's *PREMATURE* optimization (and "of all evil IN PROGRAMMING", but
> of the two qualifications this one may be less crucial here) -- just like
> misquoting "The LOVE OF money is the root of all evil" as "MONEY is the
> root of all evil", so does this particular misquote trigger me;-).
> 

Sorry, I didn't remember the quote completely. :S But that was the point 
I wanted to make.

Andres Rosado