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On 10/05/2015 20:12, boB Stepp wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Gary Herron <gherron@digipen.edu> wrote:
>
>> Common Python thought::  "We're all adults here."    If you want to override
>> a builtin within your own namespace, who are we to stop you?
>
> I'm surprised that this thought has not been added to the "Zen Of
> Python", as I see it as more and more recurrent as I continue my
> studies. What I would like to comprehend is what is the essential
> mindset of Python? That is, what do I need to understand, so that I am
> no longer likely to be surprised by discovering new possibilities in
> Python such as what the current thread is discussing?
>
>

You need to understand that Python is so powerful that after 14 years I 
still can't wrap my mind around all of the possibilities that it offers.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence