The Zen of Python

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+PEP: 20
+Title: The Zen of Python
+Version: $Revision$
+Last-Modified: $Date$
+Author: tim@zope.com (Tim Peters)
+Status: Active
+Type: Informational
+Content-Type: text/plain
+Created: 19-Aug-2004
+Post-History: 22-Aug-2004
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+Abstract
+
+    Long time Pythoneer Tim Peters succinctly channels the BDFL's
+    guiding principles for Python's design into 20 aphorisms, only 19
+    of which have been written down.
+
+
+The Zen of Python
+
+    Beautiful is better than ugly.
+    Explicit is better than implicit.
+    Simple is better than complex.
+    Complex is better than complicated.
+    Flat is better than nested.
+    Sparse is better than dense.
+    Readability counts.
+    Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
+    Although practicality beats purity.
+    Errors should never pass silently.
+    Unless explicitly silenced.
+    In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
+    There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
+    Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
+    Now is better than never.
+    Although never is often better than *right* now.
+    If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
+    If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
+    Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
+
+
+Easter Egg
+
+    >>> import this
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+
+Copyright
+
+    This document has been placed in the public domain.
+
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