Python's Development Philosophy

1. Beautiful is better than ugly. (Beautiful is better than ugly.)
2. Explicit is better than implicit. (Explicit is better than implicit.)
3. Simple is better than complex. (Simple is better than complex.)
4. Complex is better than complicated. (Complex is better than complicated.)
5. Flat is better than nested. (Flat is better than nested.)
6. Sparse is better than dense. (Sparse is better than dense.)
7. Readability counts. (Readability counts.)
8. Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules. (Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.)
9. However, practicality beats purity. (Although practicality beats purity.)
10. Errors should never pass silently. (Errors should never pass silently.)
11. Unless explicitly silenced. (Unless explicitly silenced.)
12. In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. (In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.)
13. There is always one clear, and preferably only one, way to do it. (There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.)
14. Although that way may not be obvious at first. (Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.)
15. Now is better than never. (Now is better than never.)
16. Although never is often better than right now. (Although never is often better than right now.)
17. If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea. (If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.)
18. If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea. (If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.)
19. Using namespaces is a totally good idea! (Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!)

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