Thursday, March 13, 2008

Python Take III

These are my first 3 book on Python. Having read them from cover to cover.
The philosophy of Python makes all the difference here. It summarizes most of the tenets of programming as far as coding is concerned that i believe and practiced although mostly on other languages that i worked on...

If you start the Python intepreter and type "import this" you will get the following beautiful summary of what programming should be :-

The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
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!

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