the core values of the Python "platform"
Rhodri James
rhodri at kynesim.co.uk
Thu Sep 14 06:49:43 EDT 2017
On 14/09/17 03:22, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> writes (special characters edited):
>> As I understand it, "flat is better than nested" is talking about
>> *hierarchies* in a code base. It's not IIUC referring to anything about
>> the difference between expressions like you wrote.
>
> I have read »import this« again, after reading the above,
> but there was no indication whatsoever in it that says that
> it was talking about "*hierarchies* in a code base" only.
In any short, pithy commentary like the Zen, a great deal of what is
said is implicit. Given your very literalist interpretations, I would
suggest that trying to make deductions based on the Zen is a waste of time.
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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd
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