Zen of Python

Peter Hansen peter at engcorp.com
Wed Jan 19 21:28:13 EST 2005


Jeff Shannon wrote:
> Timothy Fitz wrote:
>> Which I agree with, and which makes sense. However your "gist" is a
>> different meaning. It's not that "Flat is better than nested" it's
>> that "Too flat is bad and too flat is nested so be as nested (or as
>> flat) as you have to be and no more." Perhaps Tim Peters is far too
>> concise for my feeble mind <wink>
> 
> Well, the way that the Zen is phrased, it implies a bit more than that.  

A Zen koan always implies more than the listener infers.



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