Zen of Python

Jack Diederich jack at performancedrivers.com
Wed Jan 19 21:58:55 EST 2005


On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 09:28:13PM -0500, Peter Hansen wrote:
> Jeff Shannon wrote:
> >Timothy Fitz wrote:
> >>Which I agree with, and which makes sense. However your "gist" is a
> >>different meaning. It's not that "Flat is better than nested" it's
> >>that "Too flat is bad and too flat is nested so be as nested (or as
> >>flat) as you have to be and no more." Perhaps Tim Peters is far too
> >>concise for my feeble mind <wink>
> >
> >Well, the way that the Zen is phrased, it implies a bit more than that.  
> 
> A Zen koan always implies more than the listener infers.

I've met Zell Cohen, and you sir ...

/got nothing.

-Jack



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