Is Python a Zen language?

John Coleman jcoleman at franciscan.edu
Sat Feb 25 09:57:49 EST 2006


Ron Stephens wrote:
> Actually, Python has the distinction of being both a great tool
> language *and* a great Zen language. That's what makes Python so cool
> ;-)))
>
> Ron Stephens
> Python411
> www.awaretek.com/python/index.html

This would explain why the question is so hard to answer. It is a
slam-dunk that Lisp is Zen and VBA is tool - but python really is a bit
hard to classify. This is somewhat similar to the way that python seems
to straddle the gap between imperative and functional languages. It has
something from each worlds (whether it has the *best* from each world
is a separate question)

-John Coleman




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