The Zen of Python

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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!

中英文对照

The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters	Python之道 —- Tim Peters
Beautiful is better than ugly.	优美胜于丑陋
Explicit is better than implicit.	明了胜于晦涩
Simple is better than complex.	简单胜于复杂
Complex is better than complicated.	复杂胜于杂乱
Flat is better than nested.	扁平胜于嵌套
Sparse is better than dense.	间隔胜于紧凑
Readability counts.	可读性很重要
Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules.	特例不足以特殊到违背这些原则
Although practicality beats purity.	即便假借特例的实用性之名
Errors should never pass silently.	不要忽视错误
Unless explicitly silenced.	除非程序需要这样做
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.	面对模棱两可，拒绝猜测
There should be one– and preferably only one –obvious way to do	而是尽量找一种，最好是唯一一种明显的解决方案
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you’re Dutch	虽然这并不容易，因为你不是 Python 之父
Now is better than never.	做也许好过不做
Although never is often better than right now.	但不假思索就动手还不如不做
If the implementation is hard to explain, it’s a bad idea.	如果方案难以描述明白，那么一定是个糟糕的方案
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.	如果容易描述，那么可能是个好方案
Namespaces are one honking great idea – let’s do more of those!	命名空间是一种绝妙的理念，多加利用