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Re:Selecting a programming language can be a form of prematu... by andai on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:25AM (#29225436)
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.

-PEP 20 -- The Zen of Python

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Re:Selecting a programming language can be a form of prematu... by uranusjr on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:01AM (#29227444)
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.

—The next line

This ZoP line is by far the most misused cliché of all things Python. How is it determine that “prototyping in C++ and rewriting in C++” is not the obvious “one” way? Because you don’t like it? A Zen is intentionally self contradicting to allow introspection, not judge others :)

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Re:Selecting a programming language can be a form of prematu... by michaelcampbell on Monday November 15, 2021 @10:01AM (#29228171)
Hold my beer.

-- Django

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Re:Selecting a programming language can be a form of prematu... by bierjunge on Monday November 15, 2021 @10:06AM (#29228242)
Amateurs.

-- Perl

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Re:Selecting a programming language can be a form of prematu... by jorgeleo on Monday November 15, 2021 @11:48AM (#29229428)
Slow kids

-- assembler

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Re:Selecting a programming language can be a form of prematu... by anamax on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @09:58PM (#29248890)
Pot, kettle, black.

-- fpga

Back at you.

-hdl

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