[Tutor] What made Python differ from other Languages?

[ashish makani]

An excellent recent article on hn(hacker news) on why python is important

http://blaag.haard.se/Why-Python-is-important-for-you/

(via  http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3579847  )

cheers
ashish

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> On 20/02/2012 16:43, Sunil Tech wrote:
>
>> *I am Beginner (very little i know), i want to know what are new things i
>> can find in Python.*
>>
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> This sums up the Python philosophy.
>
> C:\Users\Mark\cpython\PCbuild>**py -3.2 -c "import this"
> 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!
>
> --
> Cheers.
>
> Mark Lawrence.
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