The Zen of D.E.K.

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Fri Jan 13 13:00:01 EST 2023


On 1/13/23 09:06, Stefan Ram wrote:

 >    "Beautiful is better than ugly." - The Zen of Python
 >
 >    This says nothing. You have to sacrifice something that
 >    really has /value/!
 >
 >    "[A]esthetics are more important than efficiency." - Donald E. Knuth

[okay, falling for the troll bait]

Those two things do not say the same thing; further, in Python at least, and depending on the situation, aesthetics may 
/not/ be more important than efficiency.

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~Ethan~


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