- Beautiful is better than ugly.
- Explicit is better than implicit.
- Simple is better than complex.
- Complex is better than complicated.
- 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!
