Easter Eggs

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Wed Apr 10 19:48:22 EDT 2002


[Bertrand Geston]
> That reminds me that I always wonder about the meaning of this one:
>
>    Flat is better than nested.
>
> Is it because of my OO background or do I miss something ?
> Any explanation ?

One guess as to how Guido feels about XML for his own use.  If you guessed
right, you'll also know why "lexical scoping" came so late in Python's life,
and 7th-Level Enlightenment is just a hefty donation (or two) beyond that.

enlightened-is-better-than-hungry-ly y'rs  - tim






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