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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!
Wikipedia 有解释:Guido van Rossum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣido vɑn ˈrɔsʏm, -səm], born 31 January 1956) is a Dutch programmer best known as the author of the Python programming language, for which he is the "Benevolent Dictator For Life" (BDFL), which means he continues to oversee Python development, making decisions when necessary.BDFL
直译为:仁慈的独裁者。维基说 he is the "BDFL", 指 GVR 在 Python 开发上有监管的权利,在必要时有决定权。这句简单的介绍很中立,没有感情色彩。根据 Wikipedia 的引用,这个说法来自于 Benevolent dictator for life 这篇采访文章,文章里 GVR 提到,社区对 Python 的热情与自己对 Python 的控制相冲突,社区与自己存在着相互约束。并亲口说:只要社区承认我是Python 的 BDFL,我就对任何更改提案拥有有效的否决权。我猜应该是他自己放话之后,大家都这么叫他了。
Two Scoops 里提到他时:See what Guido Van Rossum, BDFL of Python says.... 连创建者的身份都没表述,只有BDFL,可见这个词是 Python 社区对他的一种讽刺吧