Run this: python -c "import this"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=111232

by ivankirigin • 18 years ago

13 9 18 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

i ♥ python

robmnl• 18 years ago

what does it do?

ivankirigin2• 18 years ago

erases all non GPL software from your system.

Actually, it just prints this:

  Macintosh-2:~ ivankirigin$ python -c "import this"
  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!
  Macintosh-2:~ ivankirigin$

kajecounterhack• 18 years ago

wow thats beautiful.

jmtulloss• 18 years ago

I've read this before...

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/

The PEP system is another reason I also love python.

karthikv2• 18 years ago

Python says "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."

But Perl says "There's more than one way to do it."

bugmenot• 18 years ago

python -mthis

thamer• 18 years ago

also: python -c "from __future__ import braces"

Run this: python -c "import this"

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