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Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams

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On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> My, it's been a long time since I've seen these:
>
> http://pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html
>
> They pre-date the Zen of Python by at least a decade, and quite frankly I
> think many of them miss the mark. But whether you agree or disagree with
> them, they're worth reading.

8. A programming language is low level when its programs require
attention to the irrelevant.

So much a matter of debate. Indentation is irrelevant, why should
Python programs pay attention to it? Block delimiters are irrelevant
too, the interpreter should be able to figure them out from the code
layout. But this one is absolutely right:

16. Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it
was written and another for which it wasn't.

48. The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in
Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the
layman.

LGTM.

ChrisA

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[Off topic] Software epigrams Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-13 09:20 +0000
  Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams "marduk@python.net" <marduk@python.net> - 2013-05-13 10:56 -0400
  Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 03:47 +1000
  Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-05-13 13:02 -0500
    Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-13 18:42 +0000
      Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 21:49 +0100
        Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-15 17:24 +0000
          Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-15 18:49 +0100
            Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-15 18:27 +0000
              Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-16 01:21 +0100
                Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-16 14:23 +0000
                Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-17 00:37 +1000
                Re: Software epigrams rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-05-16 08:06 -0700
                Re: Software epigrams Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-17 01:19 +1000
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          Re: sendmail smtplib.SMTP('localhost') Where is the email? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-31 08:13 +1000
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  Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 04:12 +1000
    Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2013-05-14 03:08 +0000
      Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 13:28 +1000
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