I'm always amused when I read this. All of it is straightforward advice and good when applied sanely, of course. But... the whole thing just drips with an insecurity complex over perl. Where Larry & Co. were shocking the world with the cacophany of TMTOWTDI and their Laziness, Impatience and Hubris, the python people just look... scared of all that stuff.

So they have this meek list instead. There's sanity here, but no poetry. I think this explains my reaction to python every time I'm forced to use or maintain it -- there's no fun in the language, just proscription. Programming should be fun, right?