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Mon Jan 2 02:34:51 HKT 2006

The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

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Python之道

美比丑好
直言不讳比心照不宣好
简单比困难好
困难总还比复杂好

平面的比嵌套的好
错落有致比密密匝匝的好
可读性很重要

虽然实用比纯粹更重要
但特殊情况不能特殊到打破规律
永远别让错误悄悄地溜走
除非是你故意的
碰到模棱两可的地方，绝对不要去作猜测
什么事情都应该有一个，而且最好只有一个显而易见的解决办法
虽然刚开始的时候，这个办法可能不是那么的显而易见，但谁叫你不是荷兰人
有些事情不理不睬可能会比过一会解决要好
但最好是现在就解决

如果一个想法实现起来很困难，那它本身就不是一个好想法
如果一个想法实现起来很容易，那它或许就是一个好想法
名字空间是个了不起的想法，所以我们现在就开始吧

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注释

1. Zen of Python
    Zen是禅的意思，是一个在老外那里很时髦的中国词。不过我们只说 XX之道，从来没有 XX之禅的说法

2. Complex is better than complicated
    这里能体现英语的表达力。complex和complicated在中文里都是复杂的意思，但是两者有区别。complex是指内部关系的复杂，而complicated是指牵涉到很多外部的事务。

    这里，我也不知道应该怎么翻译，姑且找了一个。希望能有网友帮忙，找一个更好的

3. Now is better than never.
    Although never is often better than *right* now.
   字面意思不难理解，但翻译过来不成句子。我这里做了补充，但是不知道贴切不贴切。

其他地方，或许有些朋友会认为有些问题，不过我自认为理解准确无误。

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