Why and how "there is only one way to do something"?

Dan Sommers me at privacy.net
Thu Dec 15 12:05:55 EST 2005


On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:28:30 +0100,
Xavier Morel <xavier.morel at masklinn.net> wrote:

> $ python -m this
> (no quotes needed btw)

*Three*.  *Three* ways to do it:  import, -c, -m, and an almost
fanatical devotion to the Pope.

> It's usually useful to pipe it through grep too, in order to get only
> the piece of zen knowledge you need.

That's just wrong.  [throws hands and arms up in [mock] disgust]

Enlightenment does not come in discrete pieces, to be learned one at a
time, to be applied selectively.

Regards,
Dan

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Dan Sommers
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