I Had A Little Dog That Said Bow-Wow! I Had A Little Cat That Said Meow-Meow!

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Beautiful is better than ugly. I had a little dog that said bow-wow!

Although practicality beats purity. I had a little cat that said meow-meow!
Errors should never pass silently. Although never is often better than
*right* now.
Explicit is better than implicit.

Simple is better than complex.

Complex is better than complicated.


Flat is better than nested.
Unless explicitly silenced.

Sparse is better than dense.

Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break
the rules.

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.

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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